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Sustainable Heritage Management - Design: Notions, Methods and Techniques
Coordination and Research Context
This book is coordinated by the UNESCO Chair on Modern Urban Heritage CREhAR (Creative Research and Education on Heritage Assessment and Regeneration), at the School of Architecture, Universidad de Sevilla (USE). It involves institutions and their research groups which constitute a benchmark for research on cultural heritage and sustainability. Developed within a European network of five universities—University of Belgrade, Serbia; University of Seville, Spain; IUAV University of Venice, Italy; University of Cyprus, Cyprus; and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece—this consortium on heritage and sustainability has been collaborating closely, both as authors and editors.
Purpose and Approach
This book contributes to opening the way to managing heritage from a sustainable perspective, characterizing it from a holistic approach that includes environmental conservation and bioclimatic design. The central innovation of this contribution rests on combining the processes and methods of heritage studies with those of the project within the field of Architecture and Urban Planning.
Structure and Content
The volume is structured into five sections: from the concepts, methods and tools, without forgetting the training in proper documental search and systematization, characterization and values identification, key to define criteria to design strategies and actions. It addresses three transversal perspectives: education, practice, and research. It provides an integral and complete answer to students, practitioners, and researchers.
Contribution to Literature and Practice
Regarding its contribution to the literature in the field, this volume offers an international publication in the combined fields of heritage and sustainability, providing both conceptual and specific didactic contents and materials. It aims to equip readers with the knowledge needed to manage heritage assets effectively. The book advocates for quality proceedings to project integrated actions on heritage assets, from a transdisciplinary perspective. It promotes decision making based on expert knowledge and cultural values, emphasizing the proper use of methods, strategies, and tools, and fostering agreements through participation of the different agents involved.
