Historic cities and sacred sites : cultural roots for urban futures /
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2001. |
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| Description: | xix, 420 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4404524 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Ismail Serageldin and Ephim Shluger
- Pt. I. Preserving Historic Cities and Sacred Sites: The Problematique
- 1. The Spirit of the Cities / Seyyed Hossein Nasr
- 2. Synagogue-Church-Mosque: A Comparison of Typologies / Bezatel Narkiss
- 3. Resonances for Sustaining Cultural Identity / Stefano Bianca
- 4. The Grand Shrine of Ise: Preservation by Removal and Renewal / Isao Tokoro
- 5. Stewardship: An Architect's Perspective / Norman L. Koonce
- Pt. II. Governance: Planning and Management of Heritage Preservation
- 6. Brazil: Challenges of a Multiethnic and Multicultural Society / Francisco C. Weffort
- 7. Policies of Historic and Cultural Heritage Preservation in Brazil / Pedro Taddei Neto
- 8. Preservation Policies and Financing in the Netherlands / Alle Elbers
- 9. Strategies for Preserving the Historic Identity of Bergen / Siri Myrvoll
- 10. Protecting Architectural Heritage in Expanding Metropolises / Michael Sorkin
- 11. At the Cutting Edge: Cultural Patrimony Protection through Development Projects / Michael M. Cernea
- Pt. III. Rescuing Heritage at Risk: Reconstruction, Transformation and Adaptation
- 12. Reconstructing the Basilica of Assisi / Giorgio Croci
- 13. Adaptive Reuse of the Arsenale Complex, Venice / Maurizio Sabini
- 14. Post-Earthquake Reconstruction and Urban Heritage Conservation in Lijiang / Geoffrey Read and Katrinka Ebbe
- 15. Adaptive Reuse of Mexico's Historic Architecture: Tampico and Tlacoltapan / Alfonso Govela
- 16. First Synagogue in the Americas: Kahal Kadosh Zur Israel Synagogue in Recife / Carlos Alberto Viera
- Pt. IV. Economic Transition and Urban Heritage Preservation
- 17. Strategies for Sustainable Urban Preservation / Michel Bonnette
- 18. St. Petersburg's Pasts Compete for its Future / Blair A. Ruble
- 19. Development and Preservation of the Historic Center of St. Petersburg / Victor E. Polishchuk
- 20. Strategic Plan of St. Petersburg / Leonid Limonov
- 21. Bazaars in Victorian Arcades: Conserving Bombay's Colonial Heritage / Rahul Mehrotra
- 22. Economics of Investing in Heritage: Historic Center of Split / Maha J. Armaly, Stefano P. Pagiola and Alain Bertoud
- 23. Models of Transformation in Saudi Arabia / Ali Shuaibi
- 24. Addressing the Social Context in Cultural Heritage Management: Historic Cairo / Saad Eddin Ibrahim
- Pt. V. New Approaches to Sustainable Preservation of Natural Resources and Built Heritage
- 25. Brazil's Monumenta Program: Sustainable Preservation of Historic Cities / Arthur Darling
- 26. What Happened to Main Street? / Kennedy Smith
- 27. Involving the People and Municipal Bonds in Development and Preservation in Ahmedabad / Keshav Varma
- 28. Treatment of Cultural Landscapes in the United States / Charles A. Birnbaum
- 29. Investment Impacts of Tourism in Historic Districts / Maurice Desthuis-Francis
- 30. Preserving a Historic City: Economic and Social Transformations of Fez / Mona Serageldin
- Pt. VI. Technical Applications: Surveying, Valuing, and Documenting Heritage Assets
- 31. Listing as an Instrument in Managing Change to Historic Buildings / Martin Cherry
- 32. Heritage Surveying and Documentation in Japan / Takeshi Nakagawa
- 33. Preserving the Cultural Significance of Landscapes / Achva Benzinberg Stein
- 34. Establishing Priorities for the Preservation of Historic Cities / Lauro Lage-Filho and Arthur Darling
- 35. Quilombos: Preserving Afro-Brazilian Roots / Dulce Maria Pereira
- 36. Cost-Efficient Virtual Preservation of Synagogues / Aliza Cohen-Mushlin
- 37. Computer Reconstruction of German Synagogues / Marc Grellert
- 38. Preserving Jewish Heritage / The Center for Jewish Art of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- 39. The Synagogue and its Sacred Space / Bezalel Narkiss / The Index of Jewish Art
- 40. Analysis and Reconstruction: The Residence-Church in Wurzburg and the "Temple of Jews" in Worlitz / Harmen Thies
- Pt. VII. Preserving the Sacred Sites and Cultural Roots
- 41. Sacred Sites in Traditional American Indian Culture / Patricia L. Parker
- 42. Traditional Kuorup Rituals of Alto Xingu, Pantanal, and Southwest Brazil / Marcos Terena
- 43. Sacred Spaces and the Search for Authenticity in the Kathmandu Valley / Eduard F. Sekler
- 44. Axum: Toward the Conservation of Ethiopia's Sacred City / Joseph King
- 45. The Art of Convivencia in Spain and Morocco / Vivian B. Mann
- 46. Sacred Places and Historic Cities: Preservation Governance and Practicalities / Laurent Levi-Strauss
- Pt. VIII. Partnerships in Action
- 47. The Partnership for Mostar / Lawrence M. Hannah
- 48. Revitalization of Historic Cities with Private Sector Involvement: Lessons from Latin America / Eduardo Rojas
- 49. Historic Cities: The Sense of Place, Sacred and Secular / Harold Williams
- 50. Cultural Institutions: Between History and the Avant-Garde / Luis Monreal
- 51. The Role of the Private Sector in Cultural Heritage Preservation / Marilyn Perry.