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Built Heritage and Sustainability

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Tourism, Culture, and Heritage".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2019) | Viewed by 16701

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Lawrence Wai Chung Lai

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Ronald Coase Centre for Property Rights Research, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Interests: town planning; property rights; heritage conservation; sustainable development
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Prof. Mark Pennington

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Centre for the Study of Governance & Society, Kings College London, UK
Interests: public choice; urban planning; environmental governance and the theory of democratic deliberation
Prof. Frank T. Lorne

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New York Institute of Technology, Vancouver, 1700-701 W. Georgia St.Vancouver, B.C. V7Y 1K8, Canada
Interests: business innovations; property rights; sustainable development

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

“Built heritage conservation” is a visible policy agenda in most parts of the world but its connection to sustainability awaits theoretical treatment.

This Special Issue on “Built Heritage and Sustainability” aims to stimulate thoughts on the identification and use of authentic built heritage in terms of sustainable development for the common good, which is understood as a socio-political process that involves three fundamental dimensions namely economic, social and environmental.

More specifically, we are interested in contributions that compare and contrast the different institutional designs and mechanisms that might be used to balance and/or resolve conflicts of interest in the use of built heritage and how these designs or mechanisms might be evaluated in terms of their contribution to economic efficiency, conversion of negative externalities into positive ones, innovations social inclusion, subsidiarity, solidarity and distributive fairness.

The issue welcomes original studies that are pre-analytical, analytic and empirical.

Prof. Lawrence W.C. Lai
Prof. Mark Pennington
Prof. Frank T. Lorne
Guest Editors

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Sustainability and the Built Environment: The Role of Durability
by David Emanuel Andersson and Åke E. Andersson
Sustainability 2019, 11(18), 4926; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11184926 - 9 Sep 2019
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A sustainable city combines stable long-term economic growth with a resilient ecological system. It is also a region of social sustainability with low levels of spatial segregation of different socio-economic groups. Spatial inclusion primarily involves provision of equalized city-wide access to territorial public [...] Read more.
A sustainable city combines stable long-term economic growth with a resilient ecological system. It is also a region of social sustainability with low levels of spatial segregation of different socio-economic groups. Spatial inclusion primarily involves provision of equalized city-wide access to territorial public goods. High durability of physical networks and buildings facilitates economic, environmental and social sustainability. This study shows that durability varies considerably between Asian, European and North American cities, with mean life expectancies of buildings that range from below 20 years in Chinese cities to over 100 years in European cities such as Paris. Urban planning principles that focus on the slow and steady expansion of accessibility and density within a durable built environment are consistent with general economic equilibria, while avoiding the pitfalls of political planning of the markets for private goods. Full article
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The Right to Landscape: Social Sustainability and the Conservation of the State Theatre, Hong Kong
by Leung Kwok Prudence Lau and Pak Yin Ophios Chow
Sustainability 2019, 11(15), 4033; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11154033 - 25 Jul 2019
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This study analyses research gaps and identifies potential new research topics concerning the adoption of social sustainability values when conserving historic buildings, with a focus on the State Theatre (the Theatre) in Hong Kong. Despite becoming a Grade 1 historic building in March [...] Read more.
This study analyses research gaps and identifies potential new research topics concerning the adoption of social sustainability values when conserving historic buildings, with a focus on the State Theatre (the Theatre) in Hong Kong. Despite becoming a Grade 1 historic building in March 2017, the Theatre has since faced an uphill battle, sustained only through public participation and widespread pressure on heritage authorities. In the process, problems with local heritage policy and the bureaucratic procedures of technocratic administrative bodies have been brought to light. Based on in-depth interviews with members of the local community, stakeholders, non-governmental organisations and heritage consultants, and using government policies and media reports, this study unveils and analyses issues related to the conservation of the Theatre using a humanised anthropological approach. The results highlight the need for a more socially sustainable future for cultural capital by integrating the notion of the cultural landscape with heritage conservation in Hong Kong. Full article
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Trialogue on Built Heritage and Sustainable Development
by Lawrence W.C. Lai, Stephen N.G. Davies and Frank T. Lorne
Sustainability 2019, 11(14), 3901; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11143901 - 18 Jul 2019
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This study represents a trialogue by a town planner, an economist, and a political scientist on the concepts of built heritage and sustainable development in terms of some features in the relationship between sustainable development and economics, sustainable development, built heritage conservation and [...] Read more.
This study represents a trialogue by a town planner, an economist, and a political scientist on the concepts of built heritage and sustainable development in terms of some features in the relationship between sustainable development and economics, sustainable development, built heritage conservation and economics, built heritage conservation and politics, built heritage conservation and sustainable development, and the tension between built heritage conservation vs. conservation/sustainable development. From planning, economic, and political angles, the feasibility and limitations of heritage building conservation in relation to conservation and sustainable development are presented. Compared to ecological conservation, built heritage conservation can easily accommodate sustainable development, as it is certainly a physical dimension for managing cultural heritage conservation. Built heritage as “heritage buildings” can articulate with real estate development via proper conservation planning. Its historical aspect signifies the legitimacy of conservation, while its proprietary aspect renders it fit for betterment. Full article
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Built Heritage, Sustainable Development, and Natural Hazards: Flood Protection and UNESCO World Heritage Site Protection Strategies in Krakow, Poland
by Anna Porębska, Izabela Godyń, Krzysztof Radzicki, Elżbieta Nachlik and Paola Rizzi
Sustainability 2019, 11(18), 4886; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11184886 - 6 Sep 2019
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The protection of larger built-up areas that constitute sections of actively functioning urban zones is a challenge, even under favourable political and economic conditions. The case of Krakow’s historical town centre, which is protected as a historical site by national law and it [...] Read more.
The protection of larger built-up areas that constitute sections of actively functioning urban zones is a challenge, even under favourable political and economic conditions. The case of Krakow’s historical town centre, which is protected as a historical site by national law and it was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites List in 1978, clearly demonstrates how difficult it is to reconcile the passive character of current conservation doctrines with the demands of the free market and growth-oriented economy, when developer pressure is not sufficiently balanced out by public opinion and urban activist movements, when planning tools are incomplete or insufficient, and the criteria according to which strategic decisions are made are of a quantitative rather than a qualitative character. Apart from commonly encountered problems that are associated with the gentrification of town centres or the negative impact of mass tourism, Krakow must also face a growing flood hazard that stems from its specific and unfavourable hydrological and hydrogeological conditions that are compounded by the uncontrolled and uncoordinated expansion of urbanised areas, the decay of the natural environment, and the consequences of climate change. This article presents the multi-aspect site-specific conditions of the historical centre of Krakow, as well as the analysis of its protection as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the context of flood protection, while taking into consideration the environmental, economic, and social dimension of heritage. The critical conclusions that are featured in the work indicate both areas of possible immediate remedial action and the potential directions that new integrated protection strategies would take. Full article
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