Historic cities : issues in urban conservation Introduction Part I. The Shared Nature of Historic Cities 1. Vandals at Home (1956) Antonio Cederna 2. The Idea of a Town: The Anthropology of Urban Form in Rome Italy and the Ancient World (1976) Joseph Rykwert 3. The Spirit of the Cities (2001) Seyyed Hossein Nasr 4. City as Symbol (1969) Paul Wheatley 5. Genius Loci: Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture (1979) Christian Norberg Schulz 6. Conveying the Spirit of Place (2007) Laurence Loh 7. What Is a City (1938) Lewis Mumford Portfolio Part II. Geographic Diversity of Historic Cities 8. Principles and Forms of the City (1993) Leonardo Benevolo 9. The American City: What Shaped Its Development (1982) Thomas Bender 10. The Grid: Classical Model (2007) Alfonso Ortiz Crespo 11. Urban Form in the Arab World: Past and Present (2000) Stefano Bianca 12. Building Jaipur: The Making of an Indian City (2002) Vibhuti Sachdev and Giles Tillotson 13. The Chinese City in Space and Time: The Development of Urban Form in Suzhou (2000) Yinong Xu 14. Learning from the Japanese City: Looking East in Urban Design (2012) Barrie Shelton 15. The African Urban Past: Historical Perspectives on the Metropolis (2011) Suzanne Preston Blier 16. Urban Africa (2011) Sir David Adjaye Portfolio Part III. Reactions to the Transformation of Traditional Cities: Three Critical Ruptures 17. War on the Demolishers (1832) Victor Hugo 18. The Opening of the Crystal Palace (1854) John Ruskin 19. Futurist Discourse by Marinetti for the Venetians (1910) Filippo Tommaso Marinetti 20. Destruction of Memory: Architecture at War (2006) Robert Bevan 21. The Death and Life of American Cities (1961) Jane Jacobs 22. The Razing of Romanias Past (1989) Dinu C. Giurescu 23. Preserving the Historic Urban Fabric in a Context of Fast Paced Change (2000) Mona Serageldin 24. If Venice Dies (2014) Salvatore Settis 25. A History of Erasure (2007) Sze Tsung Nicolas Leong Portfolio Part IV. Reading the Historic City Portfolio 26. New Approaches to the Non Western City (1999) Zeynep Celik 27. Urban Forms (1963) Sir John Summerson 28. Urban Morphology as an Emerging Interdisciplinary Field (1997) Anne Vernez Moudon 29. Urban Forms: The Death and Life of the Urban Block (1977) Philippe Panerai Jean Castex and Jean Charles Depaule 30. Townscape (1961) Gordon Cullen 31. Cities for People (2010) Jan Gehl 32. Historic Preservation of Urban Heritage (2013) Volkmar Eidloth Gerhard Ongyerth and Heinrich Walgern 33. Tokyo: A Spatial Anthropology (1995) Jinnai Hidenobu 34. Cultural Mapping: A Guide to Understanding Place Community and Continuity (2013) Janet Pillai Portfolio Part V. The Search for Contextual Continuities 35. The Invention of the Historic Monument (2001) Francoise Choay 36. City Planning According to Artistic Principles (1889) Camillo Sitte 37. Patrick Geddes in India (1947) Patrick Geddes 38. Ancient Cities and New Buildings (1931) Gustavo Giovannoni 39. Assisi: Preservation and Rebirth (1958) Giovanni Astengo 40. Living Buildings: Architectural Conservation: Philosophy Principles and Practice (2008) Donald Insall 41. Instructions for the Protection of Historic Urban Centers Charter of Restoration 1972 42. Cities Back from the Edge: New Life for Downtown (1998) Roberta Brandes Gratz with Norman Mintz 43. Historical Systems (2006) Pierluigi Cervellati 44. Design in Context: Guidelines for Infill Development in the Historic Environment (2005) NSW (Australia) Heritage Office 45. New Uses for Heritage Places: Guidelines for the Adaptation of Historic Buildings and Sites (2008) NSW (Australia) Heritage Office 46. Remarks on 21 Works (2010) Rafael Moneo Portfolio Part VI. The Search for Values 47. The Intangible Dimension of Monuments and Sites with Reference to the UNESCO World Heritage List (2001) Jean Louis Luxen 48. World Heritage Historic Urban Landscapes: Defining and Protecting Authenticity (2008) Gustavo Araoz 49. Urban World Heritage Sites and the Problem of Authenticity (2009) John Pendlebury Michael Short and Aidan While 50. Management Guidelines for World Cultural Heritage Sites (1998) Bernard M. Feilden and Jukka Jokilehto 51. Community Participation and the Tangible and Intangible Values of Urban Heritage (2013) Michael Turner and Tal Tomer 52. Remembering African Cities: Rethinking Urban Conservation as Radical Public History (2017) Senam Okudzeto 53. The Death and Life of the Shanghai Alleyway Houses: Re thinking Community and Historic Preservation (2015) Non Arkaraprasertkul and Matthew Williams 54. Revitalizing Effective Memory Cues in a Chinese City: Urban Conservation Principles for Huizhou (Guangdong) (2002) Carmen C. M. Tsui 55. Process over Product: Case Studies of Traditional Building Practices in Djenne Mali and Sanaa Yemen (2003) Trevor H. J. Marchand Portfolio Part VII. The Sustainability of Urban Conservation 56. Cultural Capital and Sustainability Concepts in the Economics of Cultural Heritage (2002) David Throsby 57. A Macroeconomic and Strategic Perspective on Historic Conservation (2013) Christian Ost 58. Devising Financial Tools for Urban Conservation (2015) Donovan Rypkema 59. Civic Engagement Tools for Urban Conservation (2015) Julian Smith 60. Planning for Heritage Places: Reconciling Conservation Tourism and Sustainable Development (2003) Noha Nasser 61. Beyond Gentrification: Strategies for Guiding the Conversation and Redirecting the Outcomes of Community Transition (2014) Stephanie Brown Portfolio Part VIII. Managing Historic Cities 62. Approaches to Managing Urban Transformations from Historic Cities (2002) Herbert Stovel 63. The Governance of Urban Heritage (2016) Matthias Ripp and Dennis Rodwell 64. The Conservation of the Urban Heritage: A Sustainable Development Opportunity for Cities (2017) Eduardo Rojas 65. Conclusion: The Way Forward: An Agenda for Reconnecting the City (2015) Ron Van Oers 66. Interview with Branka Sekaric (2013) Jukka Jokilehto 67. A City Is Not a Computer (2017) Shannon Mattern Portfolio Appendix: Key International Conventions Recommendations and Charters Related to Urban Conservation by Francesco Siravo About the Editors Index This book presents a comprehensive selection of important writings on urban conservation as distinct from both heritage conservation and urban planning. There are more than sixty five texts ranging from early polemics by Victor Hugo and John Ruskin to a generous selection of recent scholarship covering North America Europe India China Japan Africa and the Islamic world Provided by publisher