Titre
Heritage-based sustainable urban development: a conference jointly organized by UNESCO-IHCN and the Embassy of Switzerland in India, India International Centre, New Delhi, 9-10 September 2010
Auteurs
Baradi, Manvita / Basu, Sanghamitra / Bolomey, Nicole / Chhaya, Neelkanth H. / Dilawari, Vikas / Haldemann, Marcia / Hingorani, Akash / Jacob, Ann / Jain, Shikha / Milbert, Isabelle / Mohan, Anjali K. / Nemec-Piguet, Sabine / Rao, P.S. N. / Scholl, Bernd
Mots-clés
sustainable development / built heritage / town planning policy / legislation / regulations / conservation of historic towns / methodology / cartography / listing of historic monuments / documentation / inventories / housing / social policy / residential areas / canals / urban renewal / town and country planning / rehabilitation / town planning legislation / economic aspects / social aspects / legal protection
Monuments et sites
Surat, Gujarat, India
Carouge, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
Historic Centre of Geneva, Switzerland
Résumé en anglais
This publication gives a summary of all the conference contributions and highlights concepts of sustainability in the context of urban development and particulary urban heritage. The papers present various tools that cities use to integrate heritage policy into the planning framework; case studies on planning methods and tools from different regions of India and Switzerland; challenges of historic housing and urban regeneration and the current trends and practices for achieving environmental sustainability in cities. [Extract from the preface by Armoogum Parsuramen]