It is a widely held belief that cities must change, or they will wither and die. One of the key problems of urbanization is how to cope with these changes while retaining the structures constructed and maintained by previous generations.
Conservation and the City is a study of conservation and change throughout the built environment - city centres, suburbs and even tiny villages - and how the activites of conservation interact with the planning system. Using detailed case studies from Britain and the Westernized world, the author examines some of the key social, economic and psychological ideas which support conservation, as well as studying the urban landscape and the agents of change.
Conservation and the City seeks to understand urban conservation, and in doing so presents possible solutions for managing change in the built environment of the future.
Preface, Part 1: The Conservation Background, Chapter 1. Introduction: Conflict and Conservation, Chapter 2. The History of Urban Conservation, Chapter 3. The Spread of Conservationism: the British Experience, Chapter 4. Conservation and Changing Legislation: Implications for the Landscape, Part 2: The Changing Conserved Town, Chapter 5. Area-based Conservation, Chapter 6. Decision-makers and Decision-making in the Conserved Townscape, Chapter 7. Area Enhancement, Development Control and Policy, Chapter 8. Amounts and Types of Change in the Conserved City Centre, Chapter 9. Changes in Residential Conservation Areas, Chapter 10. The Impact of Change on the Conserved Townscape, Part 3: Implications of Conservation: Ethics, Theory, and Practice, Chapter 11. Townscape Change and the Conserved City, Appendix 1: Chief Planning Officer's Report on Proposed Extension to Norwich Conservation Area, Appendix 2: Comments on the Crowngate Shopping Centre Scheme from the Worcester City Department of Technical Services, Appendix 3: Approach to Managing Historical Urban Landscapes, References, Index
