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Conservation and sustainability in historic cities / Dennis Rodwell.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Blackwell, 2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: ix, 262 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781405126564 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 720.28/8 22
LOC classification:
  • NA105 .R65 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
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 -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.
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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-250) and index.

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 -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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