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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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Ebook TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 720.288 ROD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 206115
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 720.288 ROD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 206116

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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