strategy
Conserving built heritage
Synonyms:
Protecting historic architecturePreserving cultural property
Protecting monuments
Context:
The physical cultural heritage should be considered both in time and space. It no longer stops at the beginning of the nineteenth century but now also embraces the record left behind by the twentieth century. The aim is not only to preserve increasingly numerous items of cultural property but also to safeguard complexes which go far beyond single large monuments or individual buildings. Heritage has now been broadened to include both the human and the natural environment; both architectural complexes and architectural sites; not only rural heritage and the countryside but also urban, technical or industrial heritage, industrial design and street furniture.
Implementation:
Ancient monuments in 81 countries including Greece, Egypt, Italy, Indonesia and Cambodia, have been protected through the efforts of UNESCO, and international conventions have been adopted to preserve cultural property. Preservation measures are strengthened within the framework of the [Strategy for the International Safeguarding Campaigns Programme].
Broader:
Preserving cultural heritageConserving landscape diversityPreserving historical and cultural treasuresPreserving heritage Narrower:
Protecting gardensListing heritage buildingsPreserving historic buildingsCampaigning for the protection of national monumentsAdopting international recommendations concerning monumentsConserving endangered monuments and historic sites Constrained by:
Desecrating monumentsDestroying historic buildings Facilitated by:
Respecting sacred sitesRespecting architectureLandscaping open green spacesImproving condition of buildingsProviding architectural resourcesFunding architectural restorationSafeguarding archaeological sitesConverting outmoded public buildingsResearching preservation of cultural property Problems:
Degraded condition of urban landscapeDesecration of monuments
Environmental vandalism
Submergence of historical sites through dams
Threatened monuments and historic sites
Topocide
Values:
HeritageEndangered Organizations:
International Council on Monuments and Sites International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Union of European Historic Houses Associations European Association of Firms Specializing in the Restoration of the Architectural Heritage Organization of World Heritage Cities International Union of Institutes of Archaeology, History and Art History in Rome World Monuments Fund Convention for the protection of the architectural heritage of Europe Subjects:
Conservation → Conservation Ekistics → Architecture
History → History
Societal Problems → Endangered species
Societal Problems → Protection
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
