[PDF] Best Practices On Social Sustainability In Historic Districts eBook

Author : Amalia Leifeste
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 21,15 MB
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1317607589

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This book brings together ecological-conservation theory and heritage-preservation theory and shows how these two realms have common purpose. Through theoretical discussion and illustrative examples, Sustainable Heritage reframes the history of multiple movements within preservation and sustainable-design strategies into cross-disciplinary themes. Through topics such as Cultural Relationships with Nature, Ecology, Biodiversity, Energy, and Resource Systems; Integrating Biodiversity into the Built Environment Rehabilitation Practice; Fixing the Shortcomings Within Community Design, Planning, and Policy; Strategies for Adapting Buildings and Structures for Rising Sea Levels; and Vehicles as a Microcosm of Approaching Built Environment Rehabilitation, the book explores contemporary ecological and heritage ethics as a strategy for improving the livability of the built environment. The authors provide a holistic critique of the challenges we face in light of climate and cultural changes occurring from the local to the global level. It synthesizes the best practices offered by separate disciplines as one cohesive way forward toward sustainable design. The authors consider strategies for increasing the physical and cultural longevity of the built environment, why these two are so closely paired, and the potential their overlap offers for sustained and meaningful inhabitation. Sustainable Heritage unites students and professionals in a wide range of disciplines with one common language and more closely aligned sets of objectives for preservation and sustainable design.

Author : Diane Faye A. Gapas
Publisher :
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 24,92 MB
Release : 2013
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Recently, there is an increasing interest and awareness on sustainability and sustainable development. Sustainability is comprised of the three Es: environment, economy and equity. Of these three, the equity or the social sustainability component is often overlooked. As cities become more global and demographically diverse due to immigration, diversity's impact to the city should be addressed through policies and plans. The content analysis and evaluation of city plans, policies and urban design examines their response to accommodating and including inter-cultural diversity using identified indicators of social sustainability and equity. This study finds that the length of time a city has been a foreign-born population hub does not statistically impact its integration of social sustainability measures in its comprehensive and sustainability plans. It concludes with best practices of sample cities and discussion on how city and other jurisdictions' plans can incorporate, address and measure immigrant and inter-cultural responsiveness through social sustainability and equity concerns.

Author : Anna Catalani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 30,11 MB
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1351680323

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Every city has its unique and valuable identity, this identity is revealed through its physical and visual form, it is seen through the eyes of its residents and users. The city develops over time, and its identity evolves with it. Reflecting the rapid and constant changes the city is subjected to, Architecture and Arts, is the embodiment of the cultural, historical, and economical characteristics of the city. This conference was dedicated to the investigation of the different new approaches developed in Architecture and Contemporary arts. It has focused on the basis of urban life and identities. This volume provides discussions on the examples and tendencies in dealing with urban identities as well as the transformation of cities and urban cultures mentioned in terms of their form, identity, and their current art. Contemporary art, when subjected to experiments, continues to be produced in various directions, to be consumed and to put forward new ideas. Art continuously renews itself, from new materials to different means of communication, from interactive works to computer games, from new approaches to perceptional paradigms and problems of city and nature of the millennium. This is an Open Access ebook, and can be found on www.taylorfrancis.com.

Author : Erica Christine Avrami
Publisher :
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 32,50 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN :

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The public outcry over large scale urban renewal projects of the mid-20th century served a catalytic role in the codification of the modern historic preservation movement in the United States. While theories of heritage and its protection underpinned policy development, the discourse surrounding the loss of historic fabric and the fracturing of communities within American cities played a critical role in the institutionalization of the field. It effectively pitted preservation as a counter movement against the public and private interests seeking social progress through rational planning paradigms. The modern preservation infrastructure -- including institutions, legislation, and policies -- is now half a century old, but the conceptual dynamics that isolated preservation from other land use decision-making at the juncture of its institutionalization persist. The disjuncture between preservation and broader land use and building policies presents new challenges in light of contemporary sustainability concerns. Climate change -- and associated energy and resource consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, waste generation, and habitat and landscape destruction -- have made apparent, if not dire, the need to revolutionize the way we live in the industrialized world. Preservation, as an integral component of the larger system of the built environment, is under increasing pressure to align its own aims and functions with those of the larger system and to share common goals of environmental, economic, and social sustainability. This research uses discourse analysis to deconstruct historical and existing relationships among the theories, policies, and practices of preservation, planning, and sustainability. Using the lens of systems thinking, a basic framework is constructed to model behavior and dynamic relationships, and to suggest changes for forging shared aims and common ground. Sustainability provides an accessible framework through which to view the built environment as a socio-ecological system (with economic inherent in the "socio") and navigate the relationships and processes within it to which preservation contributes. Understanding those dynamics can help to better contextualize the enterprise of preservation and to elucidate how the policies and institutions of the field can be made more responsive to the needs of society.

Author : Paola Demartini
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 11,56 MB
Release : 2021-03-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 303065687X

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This book explores the relevance of new sources, dimensions, and characteristics of knowledge for supporting creative and cultural organizations and initiatives. Special emphasis is placed on cultural heritage, participatory approaches, and entrepreneurship in the cultural and creative sector. The role of cultural heritage and contemporary culture as a source of economically effective, socially sustainable development is also discussed. The authors examine new ways of developing and testing new and innovative models of management for cultural heritage assets. In line with the participatory approaches in culture heritage governance promoted by the EU, the authors analyze participatory approaches to cultural and creative initiatives. The role of public and private actors, as well as the way they interact with each other in order to achieve collective outcomes, is of particular interest in this section of the book. With regard to cultural and creative entrepreneurship, the book adds an innovative view of cultural ventures, offering some clues from an entrepreneurial ecosystem perspective.