The economics of uniqueness: investing in historic city cores and cultural heritage assets for sustainable development

Arezki, Rabah, Caschili, Simone, Cherif, Reda, Medda, Francesca Romana, Modelewska, Marta, Nijkamp, Peter, O'Brian, John, Ost, Christian G., Piotrowski, John, Rama, Martin, Rojas, Eduardo, Rypkema, Donovan and Throsby, David (2012) The economics of uniqueness: investing in historic city cores and cultural heritage assets for sustainable development. Documentation. World Bank, Washington, D. C., United States, 298p. ISBN 978-0-8213-9650-6 [print] & 978-0-8213-9706-0 [electronic]. [Book]

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With rapid urbanization, cities featuring valuable historic cores and heritage assets struggle to modernize without completely losing their uniqueness. The good news is that there is an increasing trend toward financing projects aimed at conserving and incorporating heritage into development strategies. This book presents approaches to balance conservation and development. There are many interesting papers surrounding the topic, but policy and decision makers do not have any easy-to-digest compendium to guide them on how to decide when an element of conservation is warranted, and how much it is worth spending on it. This book presents approaches to combine investment on landmarks and on their surrounding areas, with investment to create jobs and prosperity for local communities, many of them poor, while also contributing to sustainable urbanization and inclusive growth.

Item Type:	Book (Documentation)
Authors:	Authors Email Arezki, Rabah UNSPECIFIED Caschili, Simone UNSPECIFIED Cherif, Reda UNSPECIFIED Medda, Francesca Romana UNSPECIFIED Modelewska, Marta UNSPECIFIED Nijkamp, Peter UNSPECIFIED O'Brian, John UNSPECIFIED Ost, Christian G. UNSPECIFIED Piotrowski, John UNSPECIFIED Rama, Martin UNSPECIFIED Rojas, Eduardo UNSPECIFIED Rypkema, Donovan DRypkema@HS-Intl.com Throsby, David UNSPECIFIED
Editors:	Editors Email Licciardi, Guido glicciardi@worldbank.org Amirtahmasebi, Rana UNSPECIFIED
Languages:	English
Keywords:	historic city centres; conservation of cultural heritage; sustainable development; urban development; urban renewal; economic development; cultural property; town planning; conservation economics; valuation; World Heritage List; cultural tourism; financing
Subjects:	D. URBANISM > 02. Urban planning D. URBANISM > 04. Rehabilitation I. CULTURAL TOURISM > 01. Generalities J. HERITAGE ECONOMICS > 02. Economic impact of heritage J. HERITAGE ECONOMICS > 03. Economic values of heritage J. HERITAGE ECONOMICS > 04. Methodologies of evaluation J. HERITAGE ECONOMICS > 05. Heritage and sustainable development M. WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION > 03. World Heritage List
Number of Pages:	298
ISBN:	978-0-8213-9650-6 [print] & 978-0-8213-9706-0 [electronic]
Depositing User:	ICOMOS DocCentre
Date Deposited:	31 Jul 2023 10:48
Last Modified:	06 Mar 2024 13:59
URI:	https://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/2982

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