Historic Urban Preservation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23717075 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yue Zhang (0000-0003-1198-882X, University of Illinois Chicago, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Pages | 1-6 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118568446.eurs0458 |
| OpenAlex | W2939472367 |
| ISBN | 9781118568446 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
Historic urban preservation is the act or process of maintaining the physical form and original fabric of a building, a site, or an urban area. From ancient times to the age of industrialization, the subject of preservation was expanded from historic monuments to urban texture. Facing the large‐scale urban renewal of the postwar era, policy‐makers in different countries tied historic urban preservation to zoning ordinances and tax policies. While these policies led to the protection and adaptive reuse of historical structures and neighborhoods, they caused gentrification in cities. The concept of historic urban preservation is largely an invention of the West, but it was exported and diffused to the rest of the world in the process of globalization. There has been an increasingly close connection between historic urban preservation and the tourism industry. In many cities, from the East to the West, historic buildings are restored as tourist attractions.
Adaptive Reuse · Archaeology · Civil engineering · Economics · Economy · Environmental planning · Gentrification · Geography · Globalization · Industrialisation · Political science · Tourism · Urban landscape · Urban planning · Zoning · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Engineering · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |