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Conservation and sustainability in historic cities [electronic resource]

By: Publication details: Oxford Blackwell 2007Description: eBookISBN:
  • 9780470759516
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 690.241 $2 18
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Partial contents:
Conservation background -- Urban planning context -- Sustainability background -- International initiatives and directions -- United Kingdom positions and directions -- Sustainable cities and urban initiatives -- Managing World heritage cities -- Managing historic cities: the bottom-up approach -- The coincidence between conservation and sustainability -- The challenge and the opportunity
Summary: Discusses how the two key issues of urban conservation and sustainability relate to each other in the context of historic cities, and can be brought together in a common philosophy and practice. Discusses the issues of architectural conservation and cultural identity, and case studies from across the World.
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Conservation background -- Urban planning context -- Sustainability background -- International initiatives and directions -- United Kingdom positions and directions -- Sustainable cities and urban initiatives -- Managing World heritage cities -- Managing historic cities: the bottom-up approach -- The coincidence between conservation and sustainability -- The challenge and the opportunity

Discusses how the two key issues of urban conservation and sustainability relate to each other in the context of historic cities, and can be brought together in a common philosophy and practice. Discusses the issues of architectural conservation and cultural identity, and case studies from across the World.