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Réf.

42416

Type

conference item

Titre

Does investment in the built fabric of historic towns drive economic recovery?

Langues

English

Auteurs

Shipley, Robert / Reeve, Alan

Date

21/05/2012

Pages

p. 769-776

Titre de conférence

ICOMOS 17th General Assembly

Lieu de conférence

Paris, France

Date de conférence

2011-11-27 / 2011-12-02

Mots-clés

built heritage / economic development / surveys / enhancement / conservation of historic towns / economic aspects / social aspects / historic town centres / regeneration / conservation plans / management / architectural ensembles / economic impact / scientific research / historic towns

Pays mentionnés

United Kingdom

Résumé en anglais

In the late 1990s the UK’s Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) recognized that many historic towns in Britain were experiencing economic distress. A program was designed to support the refurbishing of buildings in these towns in what became known as “conservation-led regeneration.” The Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) has since assisted almost 200 places and expended £175 million. At the outset the HLF decided to set up a comprehensive evaluation program to determine whether and how the THI accomplished its goals of not only economic but also social regeneration. A team of reasearchers is now in a position to be able to indicate what worked and what did not, and to offer an explanation for this with respect to the relationship between heritage investment and a range of ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ outcomes.

Document joint

IV-1-Article6_Shipley_Reeve.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (BY-NC)