- Title
- Historic town centres: a comparative study of cultural significance & conservation management
- Creator
- Landorf, Chris
- Relation
- 11th International Planning History Society Conference (IPHS 2004): Planning Models and the Culture of Cities. Papers: IPHS 11: Barcelona 2004 (Barcelona, Spain 14-17 July, 2004)
- Relation
- http://www.etsav.upc.es/personals/iphs2004/eng/en-pap.htm
- Publisher
- Escola Tecnica Superior d'Arquitectura del Valles
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2004
- Description
- It is now over 30 years since the adoption of the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage and an opportune time to consider recent developments in the World Heritage nomination and listing process. Of particular interest is the capacity of the World Heritage List to protect both the physical fabric of historic urban centres and their continuance as 'living' cultural entities. This interest is based on a growing recognition that heritage significance is founded on a complex balance of economic, environmental and social factors rather than the historic attributes of built fabric and urban morphology alone. Central to this debate is the concept of sustainable development and more specifically, sustainable tourism. This paper considers current literature on sustainable development in relation to the nomination and management of World Heritage Listed historic urban centres. The concept of 'evolutionary conservation' is explored through an analysis of five recently successful World Heritage Nominations for the historic towns of Hoi An (Vietnam), Karlskrona (Sweden), Lamu (Kenya), Lunenburg (Canada), and Vigan (Philippines). Each nomination document is analysed in terms of its justification for inscription, and the type of framework it establishes for the management of the property. Nominations are then assessed in terms of the capacity for longterm sustainable development to occur within each management framework. The paper uses discourse analysis and logical argument to suggest that a sustainable approach to the management of heritage places should be central to the nomination and ongoing World Heritage management process.
- Subject
- Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage; World Heritage List; sustainable development; sustainable tourism; heritage management
- Identifier
- uon:3102
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/32877
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