Sustainable Heritage: Merging Environmental Conservation and Historic Preservation

Sustainable Heritage combines ecological-conservation theory and heritage-preservation theory to show how these two realms have a common purpose. It explores contemporary ecological and heritage ethics as a strategy for improving the livability of the built environment and synthesizes the best practices offered by separate disciplines.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 230 pages
\n Publication date: 19 June 2018
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Sustainable Heritage is a groundbreaking book that seamlessly integrates ecological conservation theory and heritage preservation theory, revealing how these two realms share a common purpose. Through theoretical discussions and illustrative examples, the book reframes the history of various movements within preservation and sustainable-design strategies into cross-disciplinary themes. It explores key topics such as cultural relationships with nature, ecology, biodiversity, energy, and resource systems. It also delves into integrating biodiversity into the built environment, rehabilitation practices, addressing shortcomings in community design, planning, and policy, strategies for adapting buildings and structures to rising sea levels, and vehicles as a microcosm of approaching built environment rehabilitation.

The authors offer a comprehensive critique of the challenges we face in the face of climate and cultural changes, synthesizing the best practices from different disciplines to provide a cohesive approach toward sustainable design. They explore the strategies for increasing the physical and cultural longevity of the built environment, emphasizing the close relationship between these two aspects and the potential for sustainable and meaningful inhabitation.

Sustainable Heritage serves as a valuable resource for students and professionals across a wide range of disciplines, uniting them with a common language and aligning their objectives for preservation and sustainable design. By bridging the gap between ecological and cultural perspectives, the book promotes a more holistic and sustainable approach to the preservation and development of our built environment.

\n Weight: 574g\n
Dimension: 253 x 177 x 14 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781138812192\n \n