Managing built heritage [[electronic resource] ] : the role of cultural significance / / Derek Worthing, Stephen Bond

• Record Nr.: UNISA996212477403316
• Autore: Worthing Derek
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2008
• ISBN: 1-282-34224-X; 9786612342240; 0-470-69785-7; 0-470-69797-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (228 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BondStephen <1955->
• Disciplina: 363.6/9; 363.69
• Soggetti: Public buildings - Preservation; Historic preservation; Historic buildings; Cultural property - Preservation; Architecture - Conservation and restoration
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Managing Built Heritage : The Role of Cultural Significance; Contents; 1 Introduction to the Concept of Managing through Significance; Acknowledgements; References; 2 Asset Types, Their Managers and Management Implications; Introduction; Heritage assets and their management implications; Buffer zones and urban settings to major heritage assets; Intangible heritage; Owners, managers and management approaches; References; 3 Cultural Significance; Benefits of conservation; Understanding value; Development in the idea of values; Value characterisation - typologies; Issues in value assessment; Assessing significance - comparisons and relativityConservation principles; References; 4 Conservation Plans; Introduction; Genesis of an idea; Undertaking a conservation plan - understanding the site and assessing significance; References; 5 Managing Use and Change; The management plan; Maintenance management; Management tools for historic areas; Heritage impact assessments; Local management ; agreements; Care, design and quality standards guidance; Further reading; References; 6 Epilogue - Sustainability and the Built Cultural Heritage; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines management of the built cultural heritage through the use of the concept of cultural significance. It considers how and why cultural significance is assessed and how it can be used as an effective focus and driver for management strategies and processes. Effective management of the built cultural heritage requires a clear understanding of what makes a place significant (and how that significance might be vulnerable) but the book also emphasises that this understanding of cultural significance must inform all activities in order to ensure that what is important a