A value-based monitoring system to enhance the preventive and planned conservation process

Abstract:

The main aim of this paper is to propose a value-based monitoring system to enhance the regular maintenance and continuous monitoring of World Heritage cities. In order to produce a consistent and clear paper the researchers opted to first present an integrated conservation approach based on preventive and planned conservation, and its requirements for a practical implementation. Next, the paper introduces the characteristics and advancements of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology as it entails a particular opportunity in monitoring the historic urban environment. The paper then introduces a conceptual framework for the continuous monitoring of World Heritage cities based on GIS technology, combined with multi-criteria decision-making tools and draws on an integrated conservation approach based on preventive and planned conservation. Following, the potential of this conceptual framework will be described for the Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca, a World Heritage city in Ecuador. Finally, the paper concludes with a brief summary on the general arguments of the paper. The Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage-generally referred to as the World Heritage Convention (WHC)-was adopted in 1972 to establish “an effective system of collective protection of the cultural and natural heritage of outstanding universal value, organized on a permanent basis and in accordance with modern scientific methods”.(UNESCO 1972: préambule). In this context, the paper presents a conceptual framework for the continuous monitoring of World Heritage cities and in accordance …

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2016

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