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Heritage & cultural appropriateness

Urban environment - heritage conservation (pdf 124kb)

This report explores cultural identity as a profound social   significance and its link with sustainable development.   It looks at buildings and sites as central to creating and reflecting national and individual identities and as a physical continuity with the past.

Additionally it points out that considerations of conservation in development should be seen not only in the light of preservation but also as fundamental elements of the social environment.

 

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