Urban conservation policy and the preservation of historical and cultural heritage

Lee, Sim Loo

doi:10.1016/0264-2751(96)00027-3

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“…In the event that some important differences are found "then the number of factors attributable to these differences will be sufficiently small to warrant explanation in terms of these differences alone" [54] (pp. [117][118][119][120][121][122][123][124][125][126]. At the same time, and in accordance with Mukhija's critique, comparing a small number of jurisdictions (whether specific sites, cities or states) does not necessarily maximize the explanatory powers of comparative research [10].…”

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Evaluating Comparative Research: Mapping and Assessing Current Trends in Built Heritage Studies

Mualam

Barak

2019

Sustainability

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The question leading this research is: what are the attributes and scales of comparative research that applies to built heritage studies? The paper begins by recognizing the interrelatedness of built heritage protection and sustainable urban development. While comparative research into built heritage studies analyses and documents existing practices, policies and impacts, its generalizable capacities are often lacking and therefore less applicable to policy-makers. In an attempt to further the potential contribution of such studies, the paper maps comparative built heritage research based on a critical review of over 100 articles and books. The analysis of these sources relies on an evaluative categorization of comparative built heritage studies. This categorization consists of four criteria: the number of compared cases, their geographic location, the scope of comparison and its degree of structuredness. The findings suggest that heritage studies compare a relatively small number of cases; they are quite structured; focus on local as well as national-level analysis; and lean towards Western-centered comparisons. The paper concludes by suggesting that built heritage studies can contribute to sustainable urban development policies by taking on comparative research that has a large enough N, expanding non-Eurocentric and Anglo-American research, comparing local jurisdictions in more than one country and by utilizing highly structured categories for comparison.Sustainability 2019, 11, 677 2 of 27 and sustainable use of architectural monuments and sites, with the intention of value creation, through respectful restoration and adaptation. We will engage indigenous peoples and local communities in the promotion and dissemination of knowledge of tangible and intangible cultural heritage and protection of traditional expressions and languages, including through the use of new technologies and techniques [4] (p. 22, Article 125).While linking and integrating the goals of sustainable urban development and heritage protection is highly desirable, this idea did not go unchallenged. To note just a few discrepancies-on the one hand, heritage protection is seen as a catalyst for economic development by reinforcing commerce, tourism and employment, along with increased land values; on the other hand, alteration of existing buildings and monuments may increase land values and local economic viability. With regards to socio-cultural aspects, on the one hand, heritage protection policies support local cultural identities, genius loci and civic memories, thus contributing to community-building, social cohesion, and intergenerational binding; on the other hand, it may also cherish unwarranted historical narratives, undesired social values and generally advance cultural homogeneity at the expense of changing cultural trends, thereby suppressing competing cultures. In environmental terms, it is common wisdom that the most environmentally benign building is the one that need not be built because it already exists, and thus, reduces cons...

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Section: The 'N' Questionmentioning

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Evaluating Comparative Research: Mapping and Assessing Current Trends in Built Heritage Studies

Mualam

Barak

2019

Sustainability

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“…None of the studies, however, have touched on the practice of redlining. As for the famous/infamous areas of Singapore, such as Little India, Chinatown and Geylang, most articles have examined aspects of urban development, ethnic heritage and social problems such as trafficking (Lee, 1996;Yea, 2013).…”

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The Effects of Redlining in Singapore’s Red-Light District

Zheng

2018

International Journal of Strategic Property Management

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There are cities or regions with legal red-light districts in both developed and developing countries, but there are also regions or countries with no clear rules regarding prostitution. Financing issues in red-light districts represent another aspect rarely examined in the academic world. Most research studies about redlining are focused on racial or poverty levels, but this paper investigates it in relation to moral issues concerning vice activities. The objectives of this paper are to firstly analyse the red-light phenomenon in relation to sales prices and rent prices, secondly to test the redlining effect on property markets. This paper contributes to the current academic literature. The research setting of this paper is Geylang, Singapore, a place known for its centralized location, 24/7 stores, historic locales and prostitution-related business. The results indicate that the existence of Singapore’s red-light district has a negative effect on both residential purchase prices and rent levels. The results also indicate that there exists a redlining effect since the home prices have a much higher dis-count than rents.

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“…In some of the cities of the world, urban conservation policies ensured the preservation of historical and cultural heritage [23]. The holistic conservation of the cities having historical and cultural components of heritage from the past can be achieved when they are taken into account as a whole with all its parts.…”

Section: Urban Conservation Planningmentioning

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Spatial development strategies for a liveable city: Parthenia

Çelikyay¹

2016

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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As the cities experience urbanization, there is a need for urban strategies to control growing areas under urbanization. People in cities need to live in a healthy and secure built environment. It is necessary that planning and design strategies should be extended in the context of sustainable development of the cities. Major approaches, principles and strategies of "planning and design for liveable and sustainable cities" take into consideration natural, cultural and historical heritage. With the aim of transmitting historical and cultural heritage to the next generation and organizing public and open green spaces in the planning process, the present urban landscape would be transformed so that liveable and sustainable cities would be built. The major dynamics for shaping the urban form depend on geography and history. While some of the cities in the world, where a river passes through, have been planned using the form of the river in their geographic location, some of them have been planned considering the historical urban texture in their cultural components. In this paper, urban strategies have been developed for the city of Bartın (Parthenia) which has two major heritages, Bartın River (Parthenios) and its historical urban core, waiting for to be valued.

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Urban conservation policy and the preservation of historical and cultural heritage

Cited by 45 publications

References 6 publications

Evaluating Comparative Research: Mapping and Assessing Current Trends in Built Heritage Studies

Evaluating Comparative Research: Mapping and Assessing Current Trends in Built Heritage Studies

The Effects of Redlining in Singapore’s Red-Light District

Spatial development strategies for a liveable city: Parthenia

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