Urban Heritage in Europe: Economic and Social Revival

Urban heritage is a complex notion that encompasses any aspect of urban life and experience, and is reinterpreted and exploited as a source of a city's identification and cultural and economic innovation. This book provides a detailed overview of Central European urban heritage, examining the key aspects of tangible/monumental, natural/landscape, world heritage/urban quarter, and heritage experience/dark heritage. It explores the development of European urban heritage over 200 years, interpreting it as a process of successive and integrating regimes through the changing urban heritage agency and discourse. The book is aimed at academics, researchers, and postgraduate students of cultural and economic geography, cultural history, culture and heritage management, modern and contemporary history, urban history, planning, and sociology.

Format: Hardback
Length: 226 pages
Publication date: 17 April 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Urban heritage, a vital component of the broader concept of cultural heritage, has evolved into a remarkably intricate concept. It encompasses every facet of urban life and experience, making it eligible for preservation and exploitation as a source of identity and innovation for cities. This comprehensive book offers a thorough examination of urban heritage in Central Europe. It delves into the various dimensions of urban heritage, including tangible/monumental, natural/landscape, world heritage/urban quarter, and heritage experience/dark heritage. By tracing the development of European urban heritage over the past 200 years, the "regimes of urban heritage approach" sheds light on its significance and explores how it can seamlessly integrate into every aspect of urban existence.

One of the book's unique contributions lies in its interpretation of this development as a series of successive and interconnected regimes. These regimes are examined through the evolving dynamics of urban heritage agencies and discourses, providing a comprehensive understanding of their complexities. Through the examples of European cities and towns, such as Belgrade, Budapest, Gdansk, Krakow, Ljubljana, Subotica, Szentendre, Vienna, as well as Edinburgh, Nordic cities, and Rome, these changes are brought to life and can be analyzed interdisciplinarily. Furthermore, the book uncovers a distinctive aspect of these cities' histories through the evolution of their own urban heritage.

This book is primarily designed for academics, researchers, and postgraduate students specializing in cultural and economic geography, cultural history, culture and heritage management, modern and contemporary history, urban history, planning, and sociology. It offers valuable insights and perspectives that will enrich their understanding of urban heritage and its role in shaping cities and societies.

Weight: 600g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032388304