The Historic Urban Landscape: Managing Heritage In An Urban Century

Synopsis

<span style="font–family: "Calibri","sans–serif"; font–size: 11pt; mso–ascii–theme–font: minor–latin; mso–hansi–theme–font: minor–latin; mso–bidi–theme–font: minor–latin;">Much of the current debate on how we should preserve our cultural heritage revolves around urban sites &– historic monuments in urban settings, historic districts, or complete historic towns. </p><p><span style="font–family: "Calibri","sans–serif"; font–size: 11pt; mso–ascii–theme–font: minor–latin; mso–hansi–theme–font: minor–latin; mso–bidi–theme–font: minor–latin;">& </p><p><span style="font–family: "Calibri","sans–serif"; font–size: 11pt; mso–ascii–theme–font: minor–latin; mso–hansi–theme–font: minor–latin; mso–bidi–theme–font: minor–latin;">The growing complexity of urban heritage conservation makes reaching a consensus on how to manage urban heritage difficult. Additionally, the sharp increase in the world&’s population now living in urban areas, combined with a lack of policies to facilitate a sustainable use of heritage assets means the pressure on historic sites is set to rise.<span style="mso–spacerun: yes;">&  Unless new and innovative ways of managing these sites can be agreed on, there is a real danger that historic cities as we know them to