Defining And Managing The Historic Urban Landscape: Reflections On The English Experience And Some Stories From Liverpool

Sykes, Olivier; Ludwig, Carol

dc.contributor.author	Sykes, Olivier	en
dc.contributor.author	Ludwig, Carol	en
dc.date.accessioned	2016-03-05T15:15:17Z
dc.date.available	2016-03-05T15:15:17Z
dc.date.issued	2016-01-06	en
dc.identifier.issn	1231-1952	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11089/17260
dc.description.abstract	The period since the 1960s has been characterised by growing societal concern with urban heritage protection and the development of legislative, fiscal and urban planning instruments that seek to ensure the protection and enhancement of historic buildings and environments. International organisations such as UNESCO and European level documents such as the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP) have stressed the cultural and economic value of the ‘wise management of natural and cultural heritage’. Since the 1970s many cities have sought to redefine and regenerate themselves through a revalorisation of their past and the protection and enhancement of their historic urban landscapes. Urban heritage has thus often come to be seen as a component of the territorial capital of places, and often had a symbiotic relationship with the objective of urban regeneration. However, urban heritage is not a static concept and ideas about what constitutes heritage, the value of different historic urban environments, and the contribution they can make to city development and regeneration continue to evolve. This paper reflects on this evolution in the context of the English planning system and illustrates some key trends and issues surrounding urban heritage through a consideration of recent and ongoing heritage related planning episodes in the northern English city of Liverpool.	en
dc.publisher	Lodz Univeristy Press	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	European Spatial Research and Policy;2	en
dc.rights	This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.	en
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dc.subject	heritage	en
dc.subject	conservation planning	en
dc.subject	conservation philosophy	en
dc.subject	Liverpool	en
dc.subject	historic urban landscape	en
dc.title	Defining And Managing The Historic Urban Landscape: Reflections On The English Experience And Some Stories From Liverpool	en
dc.page.number	9-35	en
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation	Sykes, Olivier - Olivier Sykes, University of Liverpool, School of Environmental Sciences Gordon Stephenson Building, Department of Geography and Planning (Civic Design), L69 7ZQ, England	en
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation	Ludwig, Carol - Carol Ludwig, University of Liverpool, School of Environmental Sciences Gordon Stephenson Building, Department of Geography and Planning (Civic Design), L69 7ZQ, England	en
dc.identifier.eissn	1896-1525
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dc.contributor.authorEmail	Sykes, Olivier - olivier.sykes@liverpool.ac.uk	en
dc.contributor.authorEmail	Ludwig, Carol - cludwig@liverpool.ac.uk	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1515/esrp-2015-0023	en
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