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Conservation and sustainability in historic cities /

By: Rodwell, Dennis [author.].
Publisher: Oxford : Blackwell, 2007Description: ix, 262 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 1405126566; 9781405126564:; 9781405126564.Subject(s): Historic districts -- Conservation and restoration | Architecture -- Conservation and restoration | Sustainable development | City planning | Urban renewal | Sustainable architectureDDC classification: 720.288
Contents:
Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Definitions : conservation and sustainability -- Conservation : background -- Urban planning context -- Sustainability : background -- Conservation : international initiatives and directions -- Conservation : United Kingdom position and directions -- Sustainable cities and urban initiatives -- Managing world heritage cities : United Kingdom -- Managing historic cities : the bottom-up approach -- The coincidence between conservation and sustainability -- The challenge and the opportunity.
Summary: Examining how the two key issues of urban conservation and sustainability relate to each other in the context of historic cities, and how they can be brought together in a common practice that is mutually supportive, this book tests the achievement of urban conservation through case studies.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 243-250) and index.

Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Definitions : conservation and sustainability -- Conservation : background -- Urban planning context -- Sustainability : background -- Conservation : international initiatives and directions -- Conservation : United Kingdom position and directions -- Sustainable cities and urban initiatives -- Managing world heritage cities : United Kingdom -- Managing historic cities : the bottom-up approach -- The coincidence between conservation and sustainability -- The challenge and the opportunity.

Examining how the two key issues of urban conservation and sustainability relate to each other in the context of historic cities, and how they can be brought together in a common practice that is mutually supportive, this book tests the achievement of urban conservation through case studies.

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