Heritage and waste values / guest editors, Susan Ross and Victoria Angel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ross, Susan, editor.

Angel, Victoria, editor.

Series:

Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development ; Volume 10, Number 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development--Periodicals.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (104 pages).

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Emerald Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

This ebook of the Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development was initially conceived as a follow-up to a symposium at Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada) in October 2018, entitled Heritage in Reverse, Material Values, Waste and Deconstruction. This event brought together pioneers of deconstruction and reuse in Canada and the United States with established practitioners and emerging scholars working primarily in heritage conservation and sustainable design. Four of the presenters have contributed to this ebook. The call for abstracts drew responses from scholars from Europe and other continents, adding perspectives from building science and anthropology, and case studies addressing post-disaster contexts in Italy and Syria, among others. Indeed, the high number of abstracts received suggests that the theme of 'Heritage and Waste' has resonance on every continent.This collection of articles draws attention to a growing interest in the transformative contexts and processes of disaster, demolition, deconstruction, salvage, reuse and recycling; and the broad range of values of the materials generated and or utilized. It makes the case that heritage conservation can play a much greater role than it has to date in environmental sustainability, by helping to reduce resource consumption and landfill development. Moreover, it highlights opportunities to plan for material reuse in ways that are inclusive and socially equitable.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-83982-441-7