Title & Author:

Historic cities : issues in urban conservation / edited by Jeff Cody and Francesco Siravo.

Publication:

Los Angeles : The Getty Conservation Institute, [2019]
©2019

Description:

xxi, 610 pages ; 26 cm

Series:

Readings in conservation

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Part I. The Shared Nature of Historic Cities -- 1. Vandals at Home (1956) / Antonio Cederna -- 2. The Idea of a Town: The Anthropology of Urban Form in Rome, Italy and the Ancient World (1976) / Joseph Rykwert -- 3. The Spirit of the Cities (2001) / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- 4. City as Symbol (1969) / Paul Wheatley -- 5. Genius Loci: Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture (1979) / Christian Norberg-Schulz -- 6. Conveying the Spirit of Place (2007) / Laurence Loh -- 7. What Is a City? (1938) / Lewis Mumford -- Portfolio -- Part II. Geographic Diversity of Historic Cities -- 8. Principles and Forms of the City (1993) / Leonardo Benevolo -- 9. The American City: What Shaped Its Development? (1982) / Thomas Bender -- 10. The Grid: Classical Model (2007) / Alfonso Ortiz Crespo -- 11. Urban Form in the Arab World: Past and Present (2000) / Stefano Bianca -- 12. Building Jaipur: The Making of an Indian City (2002) / Vibhuti Sachdev and Giles Tillotson -- 13. The Chinese City in Space and Time: The Development of Urban Form in Suzhou (2000) / Yinong Xu -- 14. Learning from the Japanese City: Looking East in Urban Design (2012) / Barrie Shelton -- 15. The African Urban Past: Historical Perspectives on the Metropolis (2011) / Suzanne Preston Blier -- 16. Urban Africa (2011) / Sir David Adjaye -- Portfolio -- Part III. Reactions to the Transformation of Traditional Cities: Three Critical Ruptures -- 17. War on the Demolishers (1832) / Victor Hugo -- 18. The Opening of the Crystal Palace (1854) / John Ruskin -- 19. Futurist Discourse by Marinetti for the Venetians (1910) / Filippo Tommaso Marinetti -- 20. Destruction of Memory: Architecture at War (2006) / Robert Bevan -- 21. The Death and Life of American Cities (1961) / Jane Jacobs -- 22. The Razing of Romania's Past (1989) / Dinu C. Giurescu -- 23. Preserving the Historic Urban Fabric in a Context of Fast-Paced Change (2000) / Mona Serageldin -- 24. If Venice Dies (2014) / Salvatore Settis -- 25. A History of Erasure (2007) / Sze Tsung Nicolas Leong -- Portfolio -- Part IV. Reading the Historic City -- Portfolio -- 26. New Approaches to the "Non-Western" City (1999) / Zeynep Celik -- 27. Urban Forms (1963) / Sir John Summerson -- 28. Urban Morphology as an Emerging Interdisciplinary Field (1997) / Anne Vernez Moudon -- 29. Urban Forms: The Death and Life of the Urban Block (1977) / Philippe Panerai, Jean Castex, and Jean-Charles Depaule -- 30. Townscape (1961) / Gordon Cullen -- 31. Cities for People (2010) / Jan Gehl -- 32. Historic Preservation of Urban Heritage (2013) / Volkmar Eidloth, Gerhard Ongyerth, and Heinrich Walgern -- 33. Tokyo: A Spatial Anthropology (1995) / Jinnai Hidenobu -- 34. Cultural Mapping: A Guide to Understanding Place, Community and Continuity (2013) / Janet Pillai -- Portfolio -- Part V. The Search for Contextual Continuities -- 35. The Invention of the Historic Monument (2001) / Francoise Choay -- 36. City Planning According to Artistic Principles (1889) / Camillo Sitte -- 37. Patrick Geddes in India (1947) / Patrick Geddes -- 38. Ancient Cities and New Buildings (1931) / Gustavo Giovannoni -- 39. Assisi: Preservation and Rebirth (1958) / Giovanni Astengo -- 40. Living Buildings: Architectural Conservation: Philosophy, Principles and Practice (2008) / Donald Insall -- 41. Instructions for the Protection of "Historic Urban Centers" / Charter of Restoration 1972 -- 42. Cities Back from the Edge: New Life for Downtown (1998) / Roberta Brandes Gratz with Norman Mintz -- 43. Historical Systems (2006) / Pierluigi Cervellati -- 44. Design in Context: Guidelines for Infill Development in the Historic Environment (2005) / NSW (Australia) Heritage Office -- 45. New Uses for Heritage Places: Guidelines for the Adaptation of Historic Buildings and Sites (2008) / NSW (Australia) Heritage Office -- 46. Remarks on 21 Works (2010) / Rafael Moneo -- Portfolio -- Part VI. The Search for Values -- 47. The Intangible Dimension of Monuments and Sites with Reference to the UNESCO World Heritage List (2001) / Jean-Louis Luxen -- 48. World Heritage Historic Urban Landscapes: Defining and Protecting Authenticity (2008) / Gustavo Araoz -- 49. Urban World Heritage Sites and the Problem of Authenticity (2009) / John Pendlebury, Michael Short, and Aidan While -- 50. Management Guidelines for World Cultural Heritage Sites (1998) / Bernard M. Feilden and Jukka Jokilehto -- 51. Community Participation and the Tangible and Intangible Values of Urban Heritage (2013) / Michael Turner and Tal Tomer -- 52. Remembering African Cities: Rethinking Urban Conservation as Radical Public History (2017) / Senam Okudzeto -- 53. The Death and Life of the Shanghai Alleyway Houses: Re-thinking Community and Historic Preservation (2015) / Non Arkaraprasertkul and Matthew Williams -- 54. Revitalizing Effective Memory Cues in a Chinese City: Urban Conservation Principles for Huizhou (Guangdong) (2002) -- Carmen C.M. Tsui -- 55. Process over Product: Case Studies of Traditional Building Practices in Djenne, Mali, and Sana'a', Yemen (2003) / Trevor H.J. Marchand -- Portfolio -- Part VII. The Sustainability of Urban Conservation -- 56. Cultural Capital and Sustainability Concepts in the Economics of Cultural Heritage (2002) / David Throsby -- 57. A Macroeconomic and Strategic Perspective on Historic Conservation (2013) / Christian Ost -- 58. Devising Financial Tools for Urban Conservation (2015) / Donovan Rypkema -- 59. Civic Engagement Tools for Urban Conservation (2015) / Julian Smith -- 60. Planning for Heritage Places: Reconciling Conservation, Tourism, and Sustainable Development (2003) / Noha Nasser -- 61. Beyond Gentrification: Strategies for Guiding the Conversation and Redirecting the Outcomes of Community Transition (2014) / Stephanie Brown -- Portfolio -- Part VIII. Managing Historic Cities -- 62. Approaches to Managing Urban Transformations from Historic Cities (2002) / Herbert Stovel -- 63. The Governance of Urban Heritage (2016) / Matthias Ripp and Dennis Rodwell -- 64. The Conservation of the Urban Heritage: A Sustainable Development Opportunity for Cities (2017) / Eduardo Rojas -- 65. Conclusion: The Way Forward: An Agenda for Reconnecting the City (2015) / Ron Van Oers -- 66. Interview with Branka Sekaric (2013) / Jukka Jokilehto -- 67. A City Is Not a Computer (2017) / Shannon Mattern -- Portfolio -- Appendix: Key International Conventions, Recommendations, and Charters Related to Urban Conservation / by Francesco Siravo -- About the Editors -- Index.

Summary:

"This book presents a comprehensive selection of important writings on urban conservation, as distinct from both heritage conservation and urban planning. There are more than sixty-five texts, ranging from early polemics by Victor Hugo and John Ruskin to a generous selection of recent scholarship, covering North America, Europe, India, China, Japan, Africa, and the Islamic world"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781606065938 (paperback)
1606065939 (paperback)

Subject:

Historic preservation.
Cities and towns.
City planning.
Préservation historique.
Villes.
historic preservation.
cities.
Denkmalschutz
Historische Stätte
Kulturerbe
Stadt
Stadtplanung

Added entries:

Cody, Jeffrey W., editor.
Siravo, Francesco, editor.
Readings in conservation.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 305736
Call No.: BIB 251592
Status: Available