Making Historic Preservation Sustainable

Autor: Erica Avrami
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Planning Association. 82:104-112
ISSN: 1939-0130
0194-4363
DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2015.1126196
Popis: Problem, research strategy, and findings: Historic preservation has the potential to serve as a constructive agent of change within the built environment and to contribute to goals of environmental, economic, and social sustainability. However, tensions between sustainability goals and preservation policy and practice are impeding opportunities to forge common ground and a shared agenda. I review the existing literature related to the preservation–-sustainability nexus and critically analyze how preservation policies and practices conflict with or support key sustainability goals of energy consumption reduction, alternative energy production, urban densification, economic development, inclusion, diversity and participation, and intergenerational equity. Key findings of this research include the need to resolve tensions between sustainability and historic preservation practice through research and data, evolving preservation policies, and aligning historic preservation with the goals of environmental, econ...
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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