17 juin 2020

Heritage, Cities and Sustainable Development: Interdisciplinary Approaches and International Case Studies

In the last decades urban and heritage paradigms have shifted greatly. Heritage preservation and urban development are no longer considered as contradictory. Legitimate definitions of cultural heritage have widened as heritagisation processes expanded and exposed the socially constructed and dynamic nature of heritage, far from the monumentalist and object-centred approach which used to prevail.

What does this imply for cities which have become global players ever increasing in size, flux, power and complexity? How can heritage and development be mutually reinforcing? How can policies and practices of heritage be fruitfully integrated as a resource into wider urban change while respecting environmental, social and cultural concerns?

Edited by Cecile Doustaly
Preface by Francesco Bandarin
Postface by Lucie K. Morisset. Click here to access it (in English) ou ici pour la télécharger en français

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