Toward a Smart Sustainable Development of Port Cities/Areas: The Role of the “Historic Urban Landscape” Approach

Girard, Luigi Fusco

doi:10.3390/su5104329

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“…The answer to the main question, that is whether cultural landscape can play a role in sustainable development, could be positive only if we are able to produce empirical evidence about its contribution to improve economic, social, and environmental productivity of the city [23]. In this study, the multidimensional benefits produced by cultural landscape regeneration are highlighted through the analysis of 40 case studies [24].…”

Section: International Research About Cultural Heritage Indicatorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Role of Cultural Heritage in Sustainable Development: Multidimensional Indicators as Decision-Making Tool

2017

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Abstract:The concept of sustainable development has been the main topic of many international conferences. Although many discussions are related to the role of cultural heritage in sustainable development, they develop only on theoretical level. The answer to the main question, that is if the cultural landscape can play a role in sustainable development, could be positive only if we are able to produce empirical evidence about its contribution to improve economic, social, and environmental productivity of the city. It is necessary to produce empirical evidence to demonstrate that cultural heritage conservation/valorization is an investment and not a cost. To date, there are few researches about the indicators that are able to support the relationship between cultural heritage conservation/regeneration and sustainable development. This paper intends to go beyond this limit and approach this issue in operational terms. It is focused on the role that cultural heritage can play in the sustainable development framework. An assessment framework that is able to capture the multidimensional benefits of cultural landscape conservation/valorization is proposed here starting from the analysis of 40 case studies of culture-led regeneration projects. A matrix of multidimensional indicators (divided into nine categories) about the impacts produced by these 40 cultural heritage conservation/valorization projects and its critical analysis is here proposed, mainly focusing the attention on the double relationship between the tourism sector and climate change. Although the analyses often refer to sustainability, it is not concretely addressed because there is an imbalance among the dimensions: in most cases, only the economic component is highlighted, leaving out the social and environmental dimensions. Furthermore, the impacts related to cultural-led projects are mainly interpreted in terms of tourism and real estate impacts.

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Section: International Research About Cultural Heritage Indicatorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some of the above-mentioned six landscapes are in a mutual relationship with each other and the specific character of a city, its identity (and thus its attractiveness), the spirit of a place rise from the specific combination of them [23].…”

Section: The Complex Urban Landscape and The Landscape Approachmentioning

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The Role of Cultural Heritage in Sustainable Development: Multidimensional Indicators as Decision-Making Tool

2017

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“…As part of a wider research on monitoring tools and the mutual inclusion of SUD and cultural heritage management [1], a selection of global urban reports was previously carried out on the following basis: (a) reports should propose indicators across different urban themes, including cultural heritage within their themes of analysis; (b) the assessment of cities from varied countries to maintain a global overview; and (c) the coverage of social, economic, and environmental dimensions as defined relevant for a systemic approach to sustainability [9,27,57,58].…”

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Impacts of Common Urban Development Factors on Cultural Conservation in World Heritage Cities: An Indicators-Based Analysis

2018

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Within the urban context, heritage conservation has been acknowledged as fundamental for sustainable development. This paper address the need to develop methodologies that enable understanding of the dynamics between these two fields that for long were regarded as opposing practices. The research crosses disciplinary boundaries through a mixed methodology that identifies 27 urban development common indicators as factors that are affecting the conservation of 69 World Heritage Cities (WHC). Indicators, which were selected from global urban monitoring tools, were analyzed within UNESCO State-of-Conservation reporting system. Results reveal key trends on urban factors assessed as a SWOT analysis in relation to the management of WHC. We argue that urban indicators can facilitate the understanding of development impacts in cultural heritage conservation, across the social, economic, and environmental dimensions. This paper contributes to the debate on the ability of indicators to bridge interdisciplinary and methodological issues that were related to common conceptualizations between urban development and heritage conservation and sustainability. The conceptual approach that is presented has proven to offer an empirical basis for a monitoring practice that fosters the sustainable management of urban heritage, which in the light of the New Development Agenda and the gaps in the state-of-the-art, is very much needed.

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“…The social and environmental dimensions of sustainability are estimated by approximation based on intellectual capital, as suggested by [32] in its measurement model of hidden wealth applied to European cities. According to this method, two groups of intangible assets or components are considered: the human component and the structural component.…”

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The Effects of Environmental and Social Dimensions of Sustainability in Response to the Economic Crisis of European Cities

2015

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Abstract:The concept of sustainable development, which has emerged over the last few decades, has moved away from the global to the local level. The sustainability measurements at the global level use the triple bottom line, considering environmental, economic and social dimensions; however, the limited data available at the local level has driven what little research there is to use these optics when considering cities sustainability. In this paper, we use a sustainability city index based on the intellectual capital approach, which considers the three dimensions for European cities. Concretely, we use the environmental and social dimensions of this city index to analyze the effect of different levels of development in terms of sustainability over the main economic variables with available information. The results highlight the importance of the social and environmental dimensions of sustainability in cities economic recovery and show that cities with best positions in sustainability have better performance in economic terms.

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Toward a Smart Sustainable Development of Port Cities/Areas: The Role of the “Historic Urban Landscape” Approach

Cited by 147 publications

References 19 publications

The Role of Cultural Heritage in Sustainable Development: Multidimensional Indicators as Decision-Making Tool

The Role of Cultural Heritage in Sustainable Development: Multidimensional Indicators as Decision-Making Tool

Impacts of Common Urban Development Factors on Cultural Conservation in World Heritage Cities: An Indicators-Based Analysis

The Effects of Environmental and Social Dimensions of Sustainability in Response to the Economic Crisis of European Cities

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