Conservation refers to efforts to preserve existing settlements and accommodate growth. It involves strategies to maintain cultural, historical, architectural, and environmental integrity while allowing changes. Conservation has roots in ancient civilizations preserving monuments and structures. In the 19th century, industrialization's rapid development destroyed historic areas, leading to early preservation movements. Post-World War II, conservation highlighted the need to protect devastated cities. Today, conservation is integral to urban planning worldwide as communities adopt strategies like adaptive reuse and heritage tourism to preserve identity amid change.
Conservation refers to efforts to preserve existing settlements and accommodate growth. It involves strategies to maintain cultural, historical, architectural, and environmental integrity while allowing changes. Conservation has roots in ancient civilizations preserving monuments and structures. In the 19th century, industrialization's rapid development destroyed historic areas, leading to early preservation movements. Post-World War II, conservation highlighted the need to protect devastated cities. Today, conservation is integral to urban planning worldwide as communities adopt strategies like adaptive reuse and heritage tourism to preserve identity amid change.
Conservation refers to efforts to preserve existing settlements and accommodate growth. It involves strategies to maintain cultural, historical, architectural, and environmental integrity while allowing changes. Conservation has roots in ancient civilizations preserving monuments and structures. In the 19th century, industrialization's rapid development destroyed historic areas, leading to early preservation movements. Post-World War II, conservation highlighted the need to protect devastated cities. Today, conservation is integral to urban planning worldwide as communities adopt strategies like adaptive reuse and heritage tourism to preserve identity amid change.
preserving and protecting existing settlements, particularly in urban planning and development contexts Involves strategies to maintain the cultural, historical, architectural, and environmental integrity of established communities while accommodating growth and changes HISTORY OF SETTLEMENT CONSERVATION
Early Preservation Efforts 19th Century Conservation Movements
The roots of settlement Industrial revolution brought rapid urbanization and conservation>>>ancient development, leading to the destruction of many historic civilizations such as ancient Egypt, buildings and neighbourhoods. Mesopotamia, and Rome In response, conservation movements emerged in the 19th Structures and monuments were century, particularly in Europe and north America preserved for their cultural and >>>the society for the protection of ancient buildings religious significance (spab) in the uk and the national trust in the us were founded to advocate for the preservation of historic sites and buildings.
Early Urban Planning Post-World War II Era
Late 19th and early 20th centuries >>>rise of The devastation of World War II highlighted the need urban planning as a discipline, with to protect and rebuild historic cities and landmarks. professionals like ebenezer howard and The Venice Charter of 1964, adopted by the frederick law olmsted advocating for the International Council on Monuments and Sites creation of green spaces, preservation of (ICOMOS), established principles for the historic landmarks, and promotion of better conservation and restoration of historic sites and living conditions in cities. structures. Global Recognition Contemporary Practices The 20th century saw increasing recognition of the In recent decades, settlement conservation >>>integral importance of settlement conservation on a part of urban planning and development practices global scale worldwide UNESCO's World Heritage Convention, adopted Cities and communities have adopted strategies in 1972, aimed to identify and protect cultural >>>adaptive reuse, heritage tourism, and and natural heritage sites of outstanding sustainable development to preserve their cultural universal value, including historic settlements. identity and heritage while accommodating growth and change
Nepal>>>>primarily focused on preserving the country's rich cultural and natural
heritage, which includes historic sites, monuments, biodiversity, and traditional knowledge
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adda Architecture>>Modern conservation efforts >>1960s and 1970s PRINCIPLES OF CONSERVATION
Heritage Urban Sustainable Community Regulatory
Preservation Renewal Development Engagement Measures DEGREE OF INTERVENTION Prevention of deterioration