Publicomos

Réf.

41738

Type

conference item

Titre

Townscapes in their setting

Langues

English

Auteurs

Lewis, Miles

Date

2005

Pages

6 p.

Titre de conférence

15th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Monuments and sites in their setting - conserving cultural heritage in changing townscapes and landscapes’

Lieu de conférence

Xi'an, China

Date de conférence

17 – 21 oct 2005

Mots-clés

townscapes / setting / conservation / sustainable development / tourism / traffic control / restoration / infill buildings / authenticity / conservation of historic sites / tourism management / interpretation / economic aspects / surroundings of historic monuments

Résumé en anglais

A town or village which is to be conserved as a living entity, and not transformed into a museum, must be handled with great care. It should remain lived in and used, and so far as possible it should remain lived in by its traditional inhabitants and used in the traditional ways. However it must also remain or become financially viable, and it must therefore be able to accommodate some change. The conservation planner must seek to manage this change by maintaining the visual integrity and aesthetic quality of the settlement, but without driving away economic activity.The surroundings of such a town are important economically as well as visually. If the process of conservation drives out the major businesses and retailers, the town itself will die a slow death. To allow tourist business and accommodation to locate outside the area can be similarly damaging – the tourist money must be used to support the sites that the tourists come to see. But to keep tourist activity within the area may also create impossible pressures. Experience in Europe, Asia, the Americas and Australia has suggested the fundamental principles which are presented in this paper.

Document joint

3-31.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)