Historic Cities - Issues in Urban Conservation
Publisher: Getty Publications; Getty Conservation Institute
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 632
ISBN-13: 9781606065938
Subjects: Historic preservation; Cities and towns; City planning
Description: "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.