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Leung, Yee-wah Edward, and 梁以華. "Authenticity in restoration from the Chinese perspective: the Guangzhou case studies." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31474184.
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Ma, Yu, and 马彧. "Problematic heritage for popular tourism: case studies in China." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48348168.
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This thesis explores what existing issue of the complex relationship between heritage conservation and popular tourism, and the related problems influenced by the development of tourism and economic. Currently, many problematic heritage conservation practices have occurred in China, such as heritage reconstruction, imitation of heritage, commercial packaging of heritage and losing the setting of heritage, etc. So, I supposed that there are deep socio-economic problems under those phenomena, and the value system of heritage conservation was occupied by the ideology of economic growth. Some local governments did some “big” so-called conservation projects for achieving revenue growth, and some government leaders even for their political achievements. Lack of the knowledge of heritage and conservation and dearth of talent in this area could still be obstacles to solve those problems.
In Chapter 2, the authenticity of two different examples of heritage reconstructions are compared – Mo Chi Garden and Jianfu Gong Garden – through information sources based on charters and guidelines. In Chapter 3, I am focusing on the issue of commercial packaging, and using various cases to understand the motive and goal of doing problematic conservation from different angles such like local government, private sector, estate developer, tourists and residents. And another main issue of losing the setting of heritage and focusing on fragments is discussed in my fourth chapter. In my last chapter, I use an analysis of Yellow Crane Tower to state a effective of dual identity which cause a misunderstanding to heritage conservation in China as a conclusion.
For those reconstruction buildings, we should be treating this as a reconstruction which happened time and again in the course of the history of man. And problems for those commercialized and setting-lost heritage structures and sites are not with whether they are cultural heritage or whether they compliant with the standards of being a cultural heritage, but the problem is on whether they keep the essence of history and preserve our culture. What makes something heritage, though, is that it records a long history and rich culture, which need inherit from us to the next generations. Today’s new building is tomorrow’s cultural heritage if we could give it meanings.published_or_final_version
Conservation
Master
Master of Science in Conservation
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Wong, Debra Gail. "Modelling historic preservation tax incentives." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78809.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1985.MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH
Supervised by Philip B. Herr. Vita.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 43-44).
by Debra Gail Wong.
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Luk, Wai-biu Sven, and 陸威彪. "Adaptive reuse for historical buildings in Hong Kong: a case study : the former Marine Police headquarters." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31476934.
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江婉芬 and Yuen-fan Bonnie Kong. "Museum Street, street Museum-[Museum] of Sheung Wan Heritage Trail." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31986511.
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Loukianoff, Natalie S. "Extending the life of historic worship spaces in Indianapolis and Zionsville." Virtual Press, 2007. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1366292.
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This thesis examines the adaptive use of historic churches in Indianapolis and Zionsville. It looks at the decline and revitalization of urban neighborhoods which led to the adaptive use of historic churches. It examines seven case studies in Indianapolis and Zionsville, Indiana representing the new use by different congregations, use of historic churches by a not-for-profit organizations, and for-profit uses of historic churches. These case studies typify a national trend toward adaptively using historic churches and retaining them as anchors for the neighborhoods in which they exist. This thesis also makes conclusions about which of the adaptive uses is most desirable and which is lest desirable.Department of Architecture
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Chan, Kit-yi Kitty, and 陳潔儀. "Transformation of Central Police Station, Victoria Prison and former Central Magistracy Complex." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31985634.
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Chung, Ho-wai Edwin, and 鍾浩維. "Sustainable urban development at Sai Ying Pun: teahouse." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31985713.
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Mack, Emily Clark. "A planning study for the William G. Scott House in Richmond, Indiana." Virtual Press, 2003. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1260627.
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The William G. Scott House in Richmond, Indiana was built c. 1885 for William G. Scott and his wife, Clara A. Robie McCoy. Mr. Scott, who was a successful executive at the prosperous steam engine manufacturing company Gaar, Scott & Co., was hailed as having one of the most prominent and beautiful homes within the city. The Scott family occupied the house until Mr. Scott's death in 1897, and the property was passed down to several Scott family descendants. In 1921, Richmond's local chapter of the Knights of Columbus purchased the Scott House and converted the building into their clubhouse. The Knights of Columbus continue to own and occupy the property today.The Knights of Columbus made several significant changes to house over the past eighty-two years, including installing a ceramic tile floor on the first floor, creating a Lodge Room on the third floor, remodeling the basement and the kitchen, and building a modern 5,000 sq. ft. meeting hall on the west side of the house. After the new meeting hall was constructed, the Knights of Columbus utilized the new addition most often, rather than the old clubhouse, and the historic Scott House was left vacant and allowed to slip into disrepair.Today, the Knights of Columbus use the Scott House to host "Tea Room Luncheons" featuring traditional Victorian menu items and local entertainment to revitalize public interest in historic architecture and generate funds for the future rehabilitation of the Scott House. The organization is also exploring future uses for the property and identifying additional fundraising opportunities, in hopes of rehabilitating the Scott House and restoring the property to its original elegance and grandeur.The Planning Study for the Scott House contains a history of the property, illustrations, elevation and floor plan drawings, building condition assessments, recommended treatment methods, and suggested maintenance practices. For further reference, the author's building assessment forms and annotated assessment drawings, and the Secretary of the Interior Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties are included as appendices.This project was primarily an academic exercise and intended to help the author learn the process of evaluating the condition of a building, proposing treatment methods and maintenance practices, and writing a preservation planning study. In addition, the report is intended to serve as an outline and reference guide for Knights of Columbus to help direct the organization with the future rehabilitation, preservation, and maintenance of the William G. Scott House.Department of Architecture
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Chen, Zhaoyu Vicky, and 陈昭宇. "Public private partnership (PPP) in heritage conservation: the case study of Casa de Cha Long Wa, Macao." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B50713280.
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Public private partnership (PPP) is a favorable cooperation mode in delivery of public infrastructure and service projects. This concept is warmly discussed in economic perspective on providing a wide range of general public services. The private sector which involved in the public services work, it helps release public sector’s finance pressure on funds and reduce the risks on conducting the works.
When this PPP concept applied into conservation works, government and private sector utilize resource they have and cooperate with each other to realize ultimate work. In general, PPP is applied in the conservation on government owned property and work for public interest. The scale of the project is typically large and last for a long time. The private sectors which join in the work are organizations at most. It is rarely to see government-individual cooperation in PPP mode. Such cooperation is encouraged, since a successful conservation work is not judged by project scale and length of work, even money spending, but the social continuum to the public. Therefore, the key issue addressed by this dissertation is to documentary the conservation work undertaken in a teahouse in Macao, especially focusing on the PPP work in process. The purpose is to reveal a successful conservation practice applied PPP in a small scale, private owned property, an individual as private sector participated in conservation work.
The dissertation examines historical, cultural and social backgrounds of the teahouse building and approaches primary source by interviewing with stakeholders on their comments and opinions. After collecting information and analyzing results, a framework on judging the success of PPP work is generated at the end which makes this research valuable and unique. The research work could be used as a reference for future study on PPP work with project characteristics like the case discussed in this dissertation.published_or_final_version
Conservation
Master
Master of Science in Conservation
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Clark, James E. "Plan for the rehabilitation of a 1913 fire house located in Marion, Indiana." Virtual Press, 1985. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/423781.
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This thesis will present information on the economic feasibility of rehabilitating an older building into office and living space. Data will show that the outlined rehabilitation project can be carried out at a lower dollar cost than new construction for a comparable amount of useable floor space.The rehabilitation project outlined in this thesis had to meet the following criteria. The current owners proposed future use of the building. All proposed modifications to the structure had to meet the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation to take fullest advantage of the Tax Reform Act of 1976, and local building and zoning regulations. Rehabilitation of the building must provide the owner with enough income to completely off-set the total cost of the project within a ten year period. All of the proposed work on the building would have to meet the current owner's desire to retain as much of the building's original "character" while creating contemporary work/living space.Department of Architecture
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Leung, Yee-wah Edward. "Authenticity in restoration from the Chinese perspective the Guangzhou case studies /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2004. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31474184.
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Lin, Fengwen, and 林丰雯. "News media interpretation on heritage rehabilitation and public perception : a case study of Wing Lee Street." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/208080.
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The conservation approach of “Heritage Rehabilitation,” as a means to give new life to deteriorated heritage buildings, seems to receive criticism from people of Hong Kong in recent years. While the government tries to promote this conservation treatment to strike a balance between sustainable development and heritage conservation, the news media appears to report related stories leaning to one side of public opinion: the side of conservationists, carrying a sense of criticism on government’s work to rehabilitate historic buildings.
Studies in recent years indicated different preference on “what to conserve” among the government, scholars and the public in relation to heritage conservation. In addition, it also showed that the news media has an effect in pushing the conservation movement forward. However, there is limited research comparing the different opinions on “how to conserve” and investigating the news media’s effect on public perception on this conservation approach.
This dissertation uses the rehabilitation of Wing Lee Street as a case study to explore and compare different perspectives on the rehabilitation work has been done on the street, ranging from those of the URA, architectural conservation scholars, those of the public expressed in questionnaires, the internet and via the news media, and news media interpretation. The comparison uses both statistical and text analyses. Findings suggested in the Wing Lee Street rehabilitation that there is no conflict in renovating the rundown Tong Lau and improving the street environments.
However, concerning the degree of renovation, the use and maintaining the original community, there is a clear difference between the Urban Renewal Authority’s and other groups. While the Urban Renewal Authority put “Regulation” as its major reference for intervention, the scholars and public showed more concerns for the “Sense of Place” and the “Continuity of Life” on the street.
The dissertation contributes to better understanding the different rationales and priorities for heritage rehabilitation from those expressed by the Urban Renewal Authority and architectural conservation professionals. In addition, it also illustrates public’s expectation on heritage rehabilitation, which will hopefully be a useful reference for a better outcome in future heritage rehabilitation projects.published_or_final_version
Conservation
Master
Master of Science in Conservation
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Tang, Lai-fun Jenny, and 鄧麗芬. "Building control on adaptive re-use : a case study on the old dairy farm depot in HK Central." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/208069.
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Adaptive reuse of historical buildings was promoted by the government during the 2007 policy address regarding the conservation of Hong Kong’s Heritage. In the few years after this policy was launched, there were many changes to the statutory control related to the use of buildings, which has indirectly affected the occupants of these historical buildings.
While it was widely criticized that there was no statutory protection to historic buildings other than those graded as Declared Monuments, these buildings related statutory controls also some effects on the conservation of historical building both positive and negative.
This dissertation focus on Fringe Club as a case study, to review the effect of statutory controls to the adaptive reuse of a government owned historical building, in particular, the control through licensing.
The objective is to provide holistic considerations for future improvement in applying statutory control on adaptive reuse of historic buildings.published_or_final_version
Conservation
Master
Master of Science in Conservation
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Yeung, Wing-yin, and 楊穎賢. "Public expectation of heritage sites in Hong Kong: the case of the revitalisation of Tai O Police Station." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B50716438.
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Public sentiment towards heritage sites in Hong Kong has changed dramatically over the past decade. A city built entirely on its rapid urban development and redevelopment, Hong Kong has transitioned into a place where people start to concern about what is left in our heritage before it is too late. The change of public sentiment leads us to have a different set of expectation on heritage sites in Hong Kong, which is the topic of this paper.
In response to the escalating public concerns regarding the administration’s take towards heritage conservation, Hong Kong government’s new Heritage Conservation Policy in 2007 launched the ‘Revitalising Historic Buildings Through Partnership Scheme’, overseen by the new Commissioner for Heritage’s Office. The Scheme (the ‘R-Scheme’) is an initiative to engage non-profit organisations (NPOs) to conduct adaptive reuse at government-owned historic buildings.
The Batch I of the R-Scheme included the proposed revitalisation of the Old Tai O Police Station. Built in 1902, the Old Tai O Police Station is a Grade II historic building located on Lantau Island. The Hong Kong Heritage Conservation Foundation Limited (HCF) has been selected to restore and operate the site as Tai O Heritage Hotel, a boutique hotel in a non-profit social enterprise model.
The R-Scheme is a pioneer initiative that builds up a framework for public-private partnership in heritage conservation. And as most pioneer programmes go, while the R-Scheme opens up new opportunities and broadens the field of heritage conservation, it also brings new challenges that one might not have foreseen beforehand.
This paper uses Tai O Heritage Hotel as a case study to look into these new challenges, and how these challenges are arisen because of the change of public sentiment and expectation towards historic buildings in recent years. Part of this paper is written in first person narrative, as the author has been working on this revitalisation project and has personally encountered these challenges, including heritage interpretation and public engagement. The challenges and solutions covered in this paper focus on the “software” of the project, as she is involved mostly in the non-technical aspects of the project, and also this portion of the project contributes heavily on satisfying public expectation as well.published_or_final_version
Conservation
Master
Master of Science in Conservation
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Yip, Kam-yee, and 葉甘飴. "Area-based conservation and urban regeneration: a case study of Nga Tsin Wai Village redevelopmentproject." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B46737996.
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Tse, Tak-san, and 謝德燊. "Pak Sha Wan battery: a case study of a Hong Kong military heritage site." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B50716359.
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This dissertation focuses on the military heritage in Hong Kong. It specifically covers a case-study military site – Pak Sha Wan Battery on the east of Hong Kong Island, an abandoned defensive mechanism and one of significant battlefields in the Battle of Hong Kong in 1941.
This research dissertation is to examine military heritage as a Cultural Heritage with both tangible and intangible elements. By the Pak Sha Wan Battery as a case study, this is also to recognise the importance of the military heritage site in the history of Hong Kong, and the war relics deserve to be preserved for our future generations.
To a certain extent, military heritage is neglected by people in Hong Kong. Part of the reason is perhaps because of a lack of a local military tradition. There has never been compulsory military service in Hong Kong. Additionally, Hong Kong does not involve in direct war conflict after the World War II. Military and war are concepts far away from Hongkongers. Few people could tell the location of military compounds and battlefields in Hong Kong. Military heritage may not even be considered as an important heritage because those military relics are just pieces of abandoned ruins to them! Owing to being neglected for long time, most of the Hong Kong war relics are overgrown and witnesses of the war become invisible to the people, though some military heritage sites are not actually hard to access, e.g. Pinewood Battery on Victoria Peak and the disused military structure on Devil’s Peak, and the former Lyemun military installations at the present-day Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence (HKMCD).
As an assistant curator in a military theme museum in Hong Kong, the author find few publications on the Hong Kong military, and it is believed that many military relics in Hong Kong are still to be uncovered and documented. Pak Sha Wan Battery, inside the closed area of the HKMCD, is hardly accessible, and therefore it was least mentioned in publications. Most likely it is just mentioned the location name in publications but few further details information about the Battery can be found. It is hoped that this dissertation with the Pak Sha Wan Battery as a case study could help to document the gap of record in the military history of Hong Kong.published_or_final_version
Conservation
Master
Master of Science in Conservation
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Yeung, Hiu-lam Cheryl, and 楊曉嵐. "Rethinking the role of sense of place in heritage conservation : a case study of Cattle Depot Artist Village." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/195124.
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This dissertation examines the notion of ‘sense of place’, which is the collection of meanings, beliefs, symbols, values and feelings that individuals or groups associate with a particular locality. Hong Kong is a city where changes and transformations happen frequently, and these changes have great influences on the overall image of the city. Realizing that all true places have distinctive identities and characters, urban planners and designers start to see the importance of engendering a ‘sense of place’ in the urban landscape through heritage conservation, so that a historical urban identity and authentic urban identity can be preserved and to enrich the overall landscape. The new understanding that heritage conservation should not only focus on restoring the authenticity, but also to conserve the overall urban experience has led to the inquiry of people’s behavior in the place, and how their emotional ties to a place is formed.
Understanding that people’s place attachment can be studied through their ability in imaging the place, this dissertation introduces environmental mapping – a qualitative research method in gathering spatial information of a place from the conscious and unconscious behaviors and minds of people. Through a case study on Cattle Depot Artist Village, we will be able to understand how a sense of place is developed, and how the environmental mapping method can be applied in urban planning and conservation projects.published_or_final_version
Urban Planning and Design
Master
Master of Science in Urban Planning
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Victoir, Laura A. "Moscow-area estates : a case study of twentieth-century architectural preservation and cultural politics." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.670078.
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Mo, Cuiyu, and 莫翠瑜. "Heritage conservation promoting sustainable tourism in Guangzhou: a case study of En Ning Lu." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B49885662.
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In contemporary society with a rapid high-rise development, a growing number of tangible and intangible heritages are suffered from serious threats of destruction with changes in social, environmental and economic conditions. Despite heritage conservation and tourism development have been controversial issues in recent years; it seems that heritage conservation and sustainable tourism are always losing in economic or new developments.
In this study, it aims to explore the relationship between heritage conservation and sustainable tourism, and identify local needs and aspirations on regenerating the area through data collection, and suggest three factors which shall be concerned and are effective to guide the future planning process of heritage conservation how to promote culturally sustainable tourism.
There are two assets of heritage, tangible and intangible assets, both are significant for conservation, meanwhile, sustainability reflects to social, economic and environmental elements. That is to say, social and cultural issues are both importance of heritage conservation and sustainable development. However, social and intangible aspects, such as customs, lifestyle, culture, arts, are rarely concerned through heritage conservation as a part of urban regeneration in Guangzhou. Through theoretical investment and overseas experiences, this study suggests promoting culturally sustainable tourism. The recommendation emphasizes advocating sustainable tourism in a holistic view.
Taking as a case study, En Ning Lu is an urban regeneration project which combine concept of the heritage conservation and urban regeneration, meanwhile, it has great potential to retain and promote local and Lingnan culture by enhancing sustainable tourism. Therefore, it emphasizes that the significance of the incorporation between heritage conservation, urban regeneration and sustainability, and through the three factors, namely politic, management of cultural landscapes and compatibility between new development and old town, to provide a workable suggestion for sustainable tourism, particularly in terms of cultural aspect. The proposed formulation for developing En Ning Lu serves as a sample for other urban regeneration projects in Guangzhou. And it is hope to guide Guangzhou forwards heritage conservation, urban regeneration and sustainable development via these recommendations that summarized in the study.published_or_final_version
Urban Planning and Design
Master
Master of Science in Urban Planning
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曹卓瑤 and Cheuk-yiu Charmaine Tso. "Accidental conservation: the making of SoHo, a case study on how property prices have driven gentrification to be amean of conserving post-war Tong Lau." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42182943.
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Liu, Xiao, and 刘骁. "Road to destruction: the impact of insensitive road planning to sensitive heritage sites, a case study ofthe heritage impact of Wenfeng Road Central in Anyang." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47967109.
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Since Deng Xiaoping’s economic reform and liberalization policies in the 1980s, China has experienced accelerated economic development, and consequently, a high intensity of road planning and construction in many cities. Nevertheless, the protection of heritage site is not integrated as a component in road planning. As a result, many heritage buildings and structures have been demolished to make way for the roads, causing damage or destruction to those heritage sites.
The lack of consideration for heritage buildings and structures in road planning, which leads to the destruction of these built heritages, is not unique to China in modern times. The examples cited in this dissertation illustrate that the development of road network has intensified after W.W.II, as such infrastructural development is critical to modern economic development.
My home city, Anyang is experiencing the same “Road to Destruction”. As a prefecture-level city (地級市), Anyang is just starting to experience the intense economic and urban development that has already taken place in China’s first-tier cities (such as Beijing and Shanghai). The downside to this is that Anyang is repeating the “Road to Destruction” mistakes that have already been made (and sometimes corrected) by the first-tier cities. In this dissertation, I will elaborate on the case of Wenfeng Pagoda and Tianning Temple in my hometown to highlight such a mistake, which is on-going and, unfortunately, not likely to be corrected, with the aim of demonstrating the importance and urgent need for integrating heritage conservation with city planning.published_or_final_version
Conservation
Master
Master of Science in Conservation
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Edwards, Rhys Ivor Brian. "The adaptive reuse of the former Thesen Island power station : a case study." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2540.
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Thesis (MTech (Architectural Technology))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017.In the developed Western world, the need to preserve buildings, including industrial buildings, is well established, and the many charters that exist for guidance for preservation of the built environment point to the necessity of preservation. It can be posited that many of South Africa buildings with industrial architectural heritage are being lost either through neglect, obsolescence, demolition or vandalisation. At an international conference, David Worth, the sole South African representative for the International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage (TICCIH), stated that South Africa‟s industrial heritage has been neglected by the public, by professionals and academics, and by commercial and political interests. Läuferts and Mavunganidze make the point that South Africa continues to lag behind other countries in the preservation of and declaration of its industrial heritage. The purpose of this research was to investigate if adaptive reuse is a successful strategy to preserve industrial architectural heritage in South Africa. A further aim was to investigate whether adaptive reuse can be considered sustainable or „green‟ (in terms of the UN‟s sustainable development goals)
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Shafinaz, Ummul Wara. "Cultural heritage conservation and sustainable urban community in Dhaka: case study with Mirpur Benarashi Palli& Shakhari Bazaar." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B49885741.
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Sustainable Development is one of the most important arguments now a day. How we can make our world more sustainable in nature is the most significant phenomena for all of us. It is very difficult to transform the old, traditional and historically significant places to a more sustainable and modern in nature without hampering their values and historic resources. Cultural significances of old historic places represent the sense of connectivity and provide a continuation of past experience to the present and future generations (ICOMOS, 1999). These are the old urban characters which shapes the modern urban culture and identity over the time. They should treat as the most important belongings of history to go forward towards more advanced future. Future is always shaped by the past. Hence if we forget our history; it would be very difficult to get proper guidelines for future development. It is necessary for us to preserve our deteriorating heritage resources to develop our own future. However, globalization, rapid and uncontrolled urbanization and technological advancement make these attempt challenging. Urban heritage conservation in a very integrated way would be one of the solutions for conserving old values and ideas with their own traditional nature. Conservation with sustainable manner should be taken as the top priority in all development planning agendas.
Moreover, proper urban heritage conservation can help to transform historical places as the source of history, culture and socio-economic advancement for the local community and can change unsustainable community into more sustainable in nature.
Dhaka is one of the major old cities in South Asia. It has a various combination of historic places and communities which give Dhaka a unique urban character. It has long history of urbanization and this urban growth pattern has influenced mainly by the topography, socio-economic and socio-cultural characteristics along with inherent morphological quality. However over population growth, uncontrolled urbanization, poor infrastructure facilities and weak urban management contribute to deteriorating these urban heritages rapidly. There are several discussions about urban heritage conservation of developing countries but little discussions have found which has focused on the conservation with empowering local traditional economy to develop the sustainable community. By enhancing local economy through proper planning and policy and promote sustainable tourism can contribute to conserve heritage resources of Dhaka and support sustainable community development.
Two historically significant communities are chosen for representing Dhaka‟s heritage which is unique in nature for their traditional professions, significant local arts, handmade crafts, life style, religious and social festivals, urban fabric and built heritage. These are Benarashi Palli at Mirpur and Shakhari Bazaar at old Dhaka. They had a self-sustained economy in the past which becomes declining day by day due to rapid and poor urban development management and ignorance of historical values and ideas. However, still these two communities are trying to survive with their own efforts and make them represented of the glorious past to us.
The main focus of this study is to revive their past well-sustained economic conditions with proper conservation of heritage resources and community participation. At the same time explore several guidelines of comprehensive conservation for sustainable urban community in Dhaka. The research identifies that there is a severe lacking of integrated conservation policies in Dhaka. In fact, the importance of heritage conservation is still very far away from national planning policies in Bangladesh. Dhaka has several development control agencies however; they are not so well-integrated and well-organized to provide a comprehensive heritage planning policies for Dhaka as well as Bangladesh. Moreover, incompetent rules and regulations with scattered organizations make this problem more severe. The study has tried to incorporate all these issues and formulate a comprehensive conservation planning for Benarashi Palli and Shakhari Bazaar as well as Dhaka.
Furthermore, the study tries to accommodate sustainable tourism for providing a sustainable urban economy which has always ignored in Bangladesh context. However, tourism could be a strong way of promoting heritage conservation in Dhaka which has already followed by many developing countries in South Asia.published_or_final_version
Urban Planning and Design
Master
Master of Science in Urban Planning
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Wong, Mei-ling, and 黃美玲. "Urban renewal and cultural heritage conservation in Hong Kong: a case study of Hong Lok Street renewalproject." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1995. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31259054.
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Siu, Wai-ming Patrick, and 蕭偉明. "The fire engineering approach in the adaptive reuse of a historical building : the case of revitalising the former Tai O police station as the Tai O heritage hotel." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/208070.
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It is good news to see that Hong Kong has adopted the adaptive reuse approach in conserving historical buildings through projects under the Revitalisation Scheme. The bad news is that due to the absence of well-founded locally relevant principles and guidelines, almost all of these projects have brought about fierce quarrels among different groups of professionals. In particular the quarrel between conservation professionals, who try to adopt international best practices in conservation, and government officials, who are responsible for regulating and enforcing fire safety codes consistently in all buildings, regardless they are new or historical.
In the past, some conservation architects have queried about the possibility of applying for exemption from the fire codes in conserving historical buildings through adaptive reuse. Today, conservation professionals and government officials have accepted that there is little room for compromise regarding the application of the fire codes in the adaptive reuse of historical buildings, as the codes are about ensuring the safety of occupants as well as protecting the heritage property from fire. Conservation professionals are now looking into ways of applying the fire codes in adaptive reuse projects. Now that the Revitalisation Scheme has been in operation for six year with a number of projects successfully completed, it presents the author the opportunity to examine the fire-code application of these completed projects to develop references based on precedent case-studies. Such references would be useful to professionals in adaptive reuse projects (as conservation consultants, project managers, architects and engineers) in facilitating the planning and design of the adaptive reuse in terms of meeting the fire codes.
This research is to study the application for relaxation of, and exemption from, the prescribed fire safety codes by adopting fire engineering approach in adaptive re-use of Old Tai O Police Station into Tai O Heritage Hotel. Tai O Heritage Hotel is the first and so far the only hotel premises of the Government. Besides, it’s the first historic buildings in Batch I of the Revitalisation Scheme with capital cost funded by the Government. It is a great challenge to equip a 110 years old historic building with modern fire safety provisions and installations. By demonstrating the ways of appropriate means in application of fire engineering approach in fire safety in historic building, procedure and assistance which can be given by Government Departments in facilitating the revitalisation works, it can provide platform for future discussions, or a model for future adaptive re-use projects under the Revitalisation Scheme.published_or_final_version
Conservation
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Yeung, Wai-fung Jacky, and 楊偉峰. "The re-search of place and placelessness in Shan Ha Tsuen: a traditional village in Ping Shan." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31985580.
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Kong, Tak-chun Andy, and 江德進. "Cultural landscape architecture Fanling Wai (Walled village)." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31980806.
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Comin, Jeremy Yves. "Heritage and public housing in Hong Kong : the case of Mei Ho house." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2019. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/624.
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Cultural heritage has become a significant part of the cultural economy. Often criticized for its top down approach led by experts, and reflecting a western, elite class interpretation of heritage, the cultural heritage management industry has been trying to place the people at the centre of heritage conservation practices over recent years. This change of paradigm is, in part, due to the recognition of heritage as a significant aspect of everyday life, as well as a fluid yet undeniable attribute of identity and sense of place. In Hong Kong, a fast changing and transient city, the need for heritage conservation has only been recently fully acknowledged. In 2007, the authorities launched a new public-private partnership, known as the Revitalisation Scheme. Mei Ho House was integrated in the first batch of the scheme as the last remain of the first generation of public housing in Hong Kong. The building was transformed into a youth hostel with a museum displaying people's life in the post-war public housing estates. The present thesis investigates this seemingly successful conservation project on the premise that heritage is a dialogue between the material world and the individual. It discusses the legal and cultural context of heritage conservation in Hong Kong, and explores the meaning of vernacular architecture in Hong Kong and the discourse suggested by the museum. The visitors' response is also scrutinized as a significant part in the heritage-making process.
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Sievert, Sheree L. "Preserving bodies, preserving buildings : funeral homes in east-central Indiana." Virtual Press, 1999. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1133728.
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Traditionally, funeral homes have been family-owned small businesses which pride themselves on their personal, caring service. Many are located in historic houses worthy of preservation. In the past few decades, however, many family-owned funeral homes have been bought out by large, national corporations in search of big profits. The future of oldhouse funeral homes is uncertain. An inventory of funeral homes was conducted in a ninecounty area of east-central Indiana, including Blackford, Delaware, Grant, Hancock, Henry, Jay, Madison, Randolph, and Wayne Counties. Findings show that a majority (59%) of the funeral homes in the nine-county area of east-central Indiana inventoried are located in former residences built before 1950, with varying degree of modification. While some have had minimal or moderate alterations, a large percentage (54%) of these have been extensively altered over the years. Case studies of four pre-1950 funeral homes in the inventory area revealed that alterations, many of which reflect the needs of the funeral business, have affected not only their integrity but also their ratings in the Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory. Recommendations include greater communication between the funeral industry and preservationists, and the establishment of guidelines for sensitive additions that are addressed specifically to the needs of the funeral industry.Department of Architecture
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Hardy, Karen J. "Regional heritage preservation planning : an examination through case study analysis /." Thesis, This resource online, 1993. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03032009-040700/.
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Wan, Cheuk-ting Jennifer, and 溫卓婷. "Protect or pull down - in search of planning and heritage conservationof walled villages in Hong Kong: case studiesof Nga Tsin Wai & Kat Hing Wai." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43893922.
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Lau, Hon-bong Rex, and 劉漢邦. "Colonial garden: a sense of history, a sense of place." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31985233.
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Janak, Haidee N. "Three State-run Green Building Programs: A Comparative Case Study Analysis and Assessment." Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/337/.
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Uluengin, Mehmet Bengü 1974. "Preservation under the crescent and star : using new sources for examining the historic development of the Balat District in Istanbul and its meanings for historic preservation." 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/14274.
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The purpose of this dissertation is to identify various sources hitherto neglected by the field of historic preservation in Turkey, and to seek possible ways in which they can be incorporation into this field. As demonstrated by the case study chosen for this dissertation--the Balat District in Istanbul--the use of these sources fosters a richness of perception which today is lacking in historic preservation in Turkey. The dissertation begins with the hypothesis that historic preservation in Turkey was used to legitimize the constructed reality of the new Turkish Republic. Since the Republic represented everything the Ottoman Empire was not, it had to be purged of its Ottoman inheritance, including the Empire's institutions and its diverse, non-Muslim population. Istanbul's urban fabric, however, bore unmistakable marks of both. While the eradication of these marks was never a declared policy, the net effect of the Republic's actions was essentially to have that result. A heightened awareness of the neglected sources mentioned above may help obviate the ways in which history has been rewritten, and may also help us develop preservation policies which provide a richer, more complex and multi-ethnic reading of Balat's--and ultimately Istanbul's--past. In the case of Balat, in contrast to the relatively few sources used by preservation authorities (mainly old photographs and historic maps) stand a vast array of sources that typically go unnoticed. Among these are Byzantine records, Ottoman governmental records, Islamic court records, rabbinical records, church records, etc. In practice, a neighborhood preservation project would ideally use most of these sources. To make the current study manageable, however, I will focus specifically on Islamic court records. During my fieldwork in Istanbul, I scanned roughly 4,300 court records (covering the period from 1800 to 1839) to identify cases pertinent to the built environment. The 1198 cases that I identified provide a wealth of information related to building types, ownership patterns, commercial activity, demographics, mobility, etc.--information which helps us reconstruct the lifestyle of Balat's residents, and ultimately aids in the rendering of a multi-faceted narrative of the District's urban history.text
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Jacobs, Gary Alan. "Clarifying the relationship between historical buildings and urban open-space design: an evaluative technique and three case studies." 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/27458.
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Proft, Joanne. "Conservation and community : the opportunities and constraints to community based planning for inner city neighbourhood conservation : a case study of the Mole Hill planning process." Thesis, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/6584.
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This thesis explores the opportunities and constraints to community based planning for
neighbourhood conservation in the context of an expanding urban core, using the Mole Hill
planning process and draft Concept Plan as a case study. In response to previous public
processes, and increasing community activism against top-down revitalization, City of Vancouver
Planning Staff were directed in April 1996, to undertake a participatory planning process in order
to develop conservation strategies for Mole Hill which balance physical, social, environmental
and economic goals.
Drawing from a broad range of literature on urban conservation and post-industrial urban change,
this thesis begins by providing a rationale for area-based urban conservation within the context of
post-war North American and European cities. Further, it outlines some of the conflicts arising
from conservation, primarily those conflicts relating to post-war economic restructuring and
corresponding socio-economic changes in inner cities specifically, gentrification. The thesis uses
cases from inner city communities in Vancouver and New York to examine contemporary trends
in neighbourhood conservation, and to explore those elements which contribute to a locally
focused and sustainable conservation and revitalization strategy. Three characteristics of
successful neighbourhood conservation schemes are abstracted by way of a literature review and
are subsequently used as a framework to analyse the Mole Hill case study. These characteristics
are: a focus on local involvement; multi-dimensional programs and policies; and an ongoing
collaborative approach.
The case study reveals the complex and contentious nature of planning for conservation within an
expanding urban context. The multiplicity of players, the exigency of issues, the amount and
availability of resources, and the often adversarial positions demonstrate the fragmented and
complex quality of planning in this context. The study found that in Mole Hill a reliance on top-down
methods for conflict negotiation and decision making undermined the effectiveness of the
community based model and ultimately led to a fractured set of policies and principles for the
neighbourhood. Tensions which were created by a misapplication of power resulted in a
polarization between a "Staff' position and a "Working Group" position, thus diluting the idea of
a consensus based, collaborative process. Despite these setbacks, a multi-agency and multi-interest
approach to the process achieved a number of positive principles and strategies which
attempt to address the site as a comprehensive whole, bringing the goals of heritage conservation
closer to those of housing and community needs.
Finally, the case showed that by drawing on existing community knowledge and expertise the
process was able to generate innovative ideas such as those which involve local reinvestment and
community economic development initiatives which are directed at social and physical
improvement. These ideas challenge traditional notions of conservation and revitalization —
which often rely on outside capital investment and /or economic incentives to support
conservation — and provide a foundation for more culturally appropriate and sustainable
strategies for community based neighbourhood conservation.
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Kriegl, Matthew J. "The preservation of historic, single-lane, metal truss bridges in Hunterdon County, New Jersey : issues, concerns, and techniques." 2011. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1640184.
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This study investigates the complex issues surrounding the preservation of historic, single-lane, metal truss bridges. Essentially functionally obsolete, these structures are targeted for replacement due to current government transportation policies, funding requirements, and safety concerns. After these issues are discussed, a series of case studies from Hunterdon County, New Jersey, will highlight multiple bridge rehabilitation projects in which designs and plans were modified to suit the unique situations and conditions of each of these structures, without compromising historic integrity and improving safety. These bridges have important cultural value, and although in some cases the original structure may be lost or wholly reconstructed, the historic character of the bridge and area is retained. This thesis illuminates the difficulties that need to be overcome in attempting to successfully preserve historic, single-lane bridges and their rural context (while maintaining transportation functionality), and illustrates the important role of community involvement in the preservation process.Department of Architecture
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"GIS-based cultural route heritage authenticity analysis and conservation support in cost-surface and visibility study approaches." 2009. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5893854.
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He, Jie.Thesis submitted in: October 2008.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 219-236).
Abstracts in English and Chinese.
ABSTRACT --- p.i
TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.v
LIST OF FIGURES --- p.ix
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.xiii
Chapter Chapter 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1
Chapter 1.1 --- Background --- p.1
Chapter 1.1.1 --- The Development of the Cultural Route Concept --- p.2
Chapter 1.1.2 --- The Delimitation of Heritage Definitions and Conservation --- p.5
Chapter 1.2 --- Research Questions --- p.7
Chapter 1.2.1 --- Shortcomings of Delimitations and Their Implementation in Cultural Routes --- p.7
Chapter 1.2.2 --- Authenticity as a Subject of Investigation and Planning Support --- p.11
Chapter 1.3 --- Research Definition --- p.12
Chapter 1.3.1 --- Research Objectives --- p.13
Chapter 1.3.2 --- Significance of Study --- p.13
Chapter Chapter 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.15
Chapter 2.1 --- Cultural Route Heritage Disciplines and Protection Practices --- p.15
Chapter 2.1.1 --- Theoretical and Methodological Investigations --- p.15
Chapter 2.1.2 --- Delimitations and Case Studies --- p.17
Chapter 2.2 --- Routes and Associated Landscape Studies carried out by Archaeologists --- p.24
Chapter 2.2.1 --- Archaeological Route Studies --- p.25
Chapter 2.2.2 --- Landscape Archaeological Module and Cases --- p.26
Chapter 2.2.3 --- Methodology and technology --- p.29
Chapter 2.3 --- "Landscape Archaeology and ,GIS applications" --- p.29
Chapter 2.3.1 --- Landscape Archaeology through the Cognitive Paradigm --- p.30
Chapter 2.3.2 --- Information Technology and GIS Support --- p.31
Chapter 2.3.3 --- GIS Support for Heritage --- p.33
Chapter 2.4 --- GIS for Cultural Resource Management --- p.34
Chapter 2.4.1 --- Gap between Practice and Research --- p.35
Chapter 2.4.2 --- The Potential of GIS for Conservation Planning in CRM --- p.37
Chapter 2.4.3 --- Problems in Gonservation Planning Relating to Heritage Value --- p.39
Chapter 2.5 --- Perceptual Archaeology and GIS Applications. --- p.40
Chapter 2.5.1 --- Archaeological Yisibility --- p.41
Chapter 2.5.2 --- Cost Surface Analysis --- p.47
Chapter 2.6 --- Problem-oriented Applications of Visibility and Cost-surface Analysis --- p.50
Chapter 2.6.1 --- Single Factor Approaches --- p.50
Chapter 2.6.2 --- Social and Cultural Interpretations --- p.52
Chapter 2.6.3 --- Path Studies --- p.53
Chapter 2.7 --- Visual Resource Management Researches by the Author --- p.54
Chapter 2.8 --- Summary and Discussion --- p.54
Chapter Chapter 3 --- SYSTEM DESIGN --- p.59
Chapter 3.1 --- Research Questions --- p.59
Chapter 3.1.1 --- Authenticity and the Reified Attributes --- p.60
Chapter 3.1.2 --- Definition of Attributes --- p.62
Chapter 3.1.3 --- Authenticity Interpretations through Spatial Interrelationships --- p.65
Chapter 3.1.4 --- Authenticity Interpretations through Functionalities --- p.67
Chapter 3.1.5 --- The Scale Issue --- p.69
Chapter 3.1.6 --- Technical Potentials in GIS --- p.70
Chapter 3.2 --- The System Framework --- p.71
Chapter 3.2.1 --- Path Replication and Prediction --- p.73
Chapter 3.2.2 --- Control of Space --- p.77
Chapter 3.2.3 --- Cultural Landscapes in Cultural Route Spatial Analysis --- p.82
Chapter 3.3 --- Management and Delimitations --- p.85
Chapter 3.3.1 --- Allocations --- p.85
Chapter 3.3.2 --- Delimitations in Categories --- p.86
Chapter 3.4 --- Summary --- p.90
Chapter Chapter 4 --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY --- p.91
Chapter 4.1 --- Background Dataset. --- p.91
Chapter 4.1.1 --- DEM --- p.91
Chapter 4.1.2 --- Mapping Scales --- p.96
Chapter 4.1.3 --- "Historical Topography and Landscape Reconstruction," --- p.98
Chapter 4.2 --- Cost Surface Analysis --- p.102
Chapter 4.2.1 --- Movement Singulation --- p.103
Chapter 4.2.2 --- Path Selection --- p.105
Chapter 4.3 --- Cost Surface Modeling --- p.107
Chapter 4.3.1 --- Attributes Introduced --- p.108
Chapter 4.3.2 --- Cost-Surface Model Making --- p.110
Chapter 4.3.3 --- Visibility as a Cost --- p.114
Chapter 4.3.4 --- Algorithms --- p.121
Chapter 4.3.5 --- rSpatial Control of Property --- p.128
Chapter 4.4 --- Technical Issues and Validation --- p.137
Chapter 4.4.1 --- Technical Issues of Visibility Studies --- p.138
Chapter 4.4.2 --- Cost-Surface Analysis Conberns --- p.141
Chapter 4.4.3 --- Validations --- p.142
Chapter 4.5 --- Summary --- p.143
Chapter Chapter 5 --- CASE STUDY OF THE GREAT WALL --- p.145
Chapter 5.1 --- Background --- p.145
Chapter 5.1.1 --- Previous Research --- p.145
Chapter 5.1.2 --- Great Wall Conservation --- p.149
Chapter 5.2 --- Case Study Design --- p.150
Chapter 5.3 --- Data Sources and Data Preparation --- p.151
Chapter 5.3.1 --- DEM --- p.151
Chapter 5.3.2 --- Historical Reconstructions --- p.156
Chapter 5.4 --- Large-scale Analyses --- p.162
Chapter 5.4.1 --- Cost-surface Modeling --- p.163
Chapter 5.4.2 --- Invasion and Defensive Interpretations --- p.166
Chapter 5.5 --- The Juyongguan Pass Study --- p.178
Chapter 5.5.1 --- Research Background --- p.181
Chapter 5.5.2 --- Facility Mapping and Viewshed Analysis --- p.181
Chapter 5.5.3 --- Movement Modeling --- p.191
Chapter 5.5.4 --- Analytical Results --- p.195
Chapter 5.6 --- Spatial Control and Delimitations of Juyongguan Pass Fortress --- p.201
Chapter 5.6.1 --- Spatial Control of the Great Wall --- p.201
Chapter 5.6.2 --- Juyongguan Pass Fortress Delimitations --- p.203
Chapter 5.7 --- Summary and Discussion --- p.209
Chapter Chapter 6 --- CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION --- p.211
Chapter 6.1 --- Utility of the Proposed Study Scheme --- p.211
Chapter 6.1.1 --- The Theoretical Aspect --- p.211
Chapter 6.1.2 --- Methodological Aspect --- p.212
Chapter 6.1.3 --- Conservation Practice --- p.213
Chapter 6.2 --- Research Contributions and Limitations --- p.214
Chapter 6.3 --- Further Research --- p.215
REFERENCES --- p.219
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Kellerhals, Kelli A. "The inside story : an analysis of the policies and laws governing the designation and protection of historic interiors." 2012. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1670053.
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Historic interiors are an integral component to the historic fabric of our communities,
yet the protection of interiors is fodder for debate among preservationists as to
whether interiors are afforded equal protection as exteriors. This debate arises because
interiors present unique challenges, namely, issues of public access, designation of
publicly versus privately owned interiors,and infringement on Fifth Amendment rights. This thesis will examine federal, state, and local government policies, organizations,
and laws, and discuss their impact on the protection of historic interiors. Five seminal
court cases that examine legal precedents for designating interiors will also be addressed. Finally, case studies provide examples of how two communities have used local
preservation laws to preserve and protect significant interiors in their cities. This
thesis will show that historic interiors are subject to controls that ensure their
preservation and designation.Historic preservation in the United States -- Legal precedents -- Case analyses.
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