Publicomos

Réf.

43618

Type

book

Titre

The economics of uniqueness: investing in historic city coresand cultural heritage assets for sustainable development

Langues

English

Auteurs

Arezki, Rabah / Caschili, Simone / Cherif, Reda / Medda, Francesca Romana / Modelewska, Marta / Nijkamp, Peter / O'Brian, John / Ost, Christian / Piotrowski, John / Rama, Martin / Rojas, Eduardo / Rypkema, Donovan / Throsby, David

Éditeurs

Licciardi, Guido / Amirtahmasebi, Rana

Lieu de publication

Washington

Pays de publication

United States

Maison d'édition

World Bank

Date

10/2012

Pages

298

Collection

Urban development series

ISBN

978-0-8213-9650-6 [print]
978-0-8213-9706-0 [electronic]

Mots-clés

conservation of cultural heritage / sustainable development / urban development / urban renewal / economic development / cultural property / town planning / conservation economics / World Heritage List / cultural tourism / financing / historic town centres / town and country planning / rehabilitation / economic impact / economic value / methodologies of evaluation / valuations

Résumé en anglais

With rapid urbanization, cities featuring valuable historic cores and heritage assets struggle to modernize without completely losing their uniqueness. The good news is that there is an increasing trend toward financing projects aimed at conserving and incorporating heritage into development strategies. This book presents approaches to balance conservation and development. There are many interesting papers surrounding the topic, but policy and decision makers do not have any easy-to-digest compendium to guide them on how to decide when an element of conservation is warranted, and how much it is worth spending on it. This book presents approaches to combine investment on landmarks and on their surrounding areas, with investment to create jobs and prosperity for local communities, many of them poor, while also contributing to sustainable urbanization and inclusive growth.

URL

http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12286

Document joint

Economics_of_Uniqueness.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution (BY)