Dissertationen zum Thema „Preservation of local monuments“

The first half of this research considers the origins of the prevailing approach to the conservation and presentation of ancient monuments, particularly those in the guardianship of the state. Beginning with the definition of preservation principles in the nineteenth century, the research examines the creation of a government preservation office and the introduction of preservation legislation. The second half of the research examines the changes taking place in the theoretical approaches to Cultural Heritage Management, much of which derives from experience in Australia and America, and considers this work alongside a new agenda for 'the heritage' in England where it is overtly stated that the heritage industry and conservation can be used to address social issues such as urban and rural regeneration and social exclusion. The implications of the current Government and peer reviews of conservation practice and primary legislation have also been considered in order to determine their impact on the status of the familiar preserved ruin, ideas of 'monumentality', the role of the heritage manager and the politicization of heritage. It is argued in this thesis that the preservation and presentation approach of the Office of Works and its successors has conditioned our understanding of the past, making the introduction of a new paradigm unnecessarily confrontational. This research contributes to a number of areas of knowledge. The origins and development of conservation practice in England have received relatively little analysis and the expansion of the Office of Works in the first quarter of the twentieth century has yet to be analysed in detail. Similarly British conservation practice in an Imperial context - particularly that in the Levant - has received very little critical consideration and it is believed that this research presents the first assessment of the career of George H. Jeffery, Curator of Ancient Monuments, Cyprus.

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The AHRC-funded Curious Travellers project (www.visualisingheritage.org) is a data-mining and crowd sourced infrastructure to help record, manage and interpret archaeological sites, monuments and heritage at risk. It provides a priority response to the globally important challenge of sites that have been destroyed or are under immediate threat from natural disasters, neglect, conflict and cultural vandalism. The project uses two workflows to scrape web-based imagery and crowd-source imagery to recreate 3D models of sites and monuments at risk. Many threats to heritage are linked to issues of access – impacting conservation and site management as well as the safety of individuals. The project offers sustainable solutions – working with extant imagery that does not place individuals at additional safety risk, whilst helping to contextualise visible archaeology by linking to relevant site and landscape data and integrating this into local historic environment record frameworks that make this data freely accessible to all.
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In shape modeling applications, \emph{deformation} is the process of applying a continuous, non-affine transformation to a shape. The definition of the deformation should be independent of the representation of the shape. In practice, the shape is often represented by its boundary, which is defined by a set of vertices and by connectivity information. The transformation is often applied to these points. A deformation algorithm takes the orginal shape and designer's choices as inputs, and outputs the deformed shape. This dissertation dedicates to introducing \emph{spine-based deformation}: Any distortion to the shape is controlled by a low dimensional proxy, which is a spine curve or surface. Considering a sometimes important constraint to preserve the shape's volume during deformation, this thesis addresses a suite of problems in spine-based deformation with local volume preservation, meaning that the volume of any subset of the shape is preserved. Although our deformation model may be applied to the control points or vertices of a surface model that is not a water tight boundary of a solid, in this thesis, the term shape will refer to a solid model which has a clearly defined interior and volume. Previously proposed local or global volume compensation techniques are typically based on iterations that introduce a complexity bilinear in the numbers of vertices and iterations. we present a family of closed-form solutions for shape deformation with mathematically exact local volume preservation, and demonstrate their power in the context of interactive bending, rotating, sliding or stretching a 2D or 3D shape. The overall complexity is linear in the number of vertices. Proposed spine-based deformation framework adopts the following assumptions in geometric modeling: -- When the spine is a curve, a plane normal to the spine curve remains normal to the spine curve after deformation. The parameter associated with the point at which the plane intersects the curve is unchanged. -- When the spine is a surface, a line normal to the spine surface remains normal to the spine surface after deformation. The parameters associated with the point at which the line intersecting the plane remain unchanged. With these assumptions, we compute the closed-form formulation for the deformation that guarantees local volume preservation and is expressed using real roots of low degree polynomials and simple point and vector expressions. Due to its simplicity, our solution may be used to deform complex models in realtime during interactive manipulation or during animation, where the behavior of the spine has been designed or is computed in realtime through simulation.

The term local knowledge is still not very popular in the world of academia. Yet this is a primary knowledge that individuals acquire from parents/guardians and society. Local knowledge is embedded in mother tongue languages; and each community has a sense of ownership towards it. Accessibility as well as transmittance of local knowledge requires acquaintance with mother tongue languages plus their environments. Unfortunately current studies show that many world languages are getting extinct. This means vast amounts of local knowledge would not be available for future posterity. Language revitalization projects have so far failed due to lack of communities’ involvement coupled with lack of understanding communities’ languages and cultures. This inquiry has proposed a framework called Community Specific Pedagogical Framework (CSPF) to help capture local knowledge traditionally and technologically. CSPF serves to highlight the pedagogical ways that are suitable for a community in terms of its knowledge preservation and transmittance. The study has investigated and developed the framework CSPF with the participatory role of Acoli community members. The first phase of the investigation involved collection and analysis of data to ascertain the community’s ways of knowledge preservation and transmittance. The second phase involved the development of the framework CSPF. The third phase involved a demonstration of the framework’s configuration into Computer Assisted Language Learning technology (CSPF-CALL). Grounded Theory methodology was employed in phases one and two due to its inductive principles. Case Study methodology was employed in the last phase for its deductive purpose. The analysis of empirical data showed that a community’s ways of knowledge preservation and transmittance are multifaceted. However, despite the multiplicity of ways, the study demonstrated that it is still possible for a researcher to identify the main strategies of knowledge preservation and transmittance within a community. Thereafter, use such strategies as itineraries for the framework CSPF. The outcome of this investigation shows that the framework CSPF is a useful model for local knowledge preservation and transmittance both traditionally and technologically. It is a framework that can be employed to study pedagogical ways of any community.

Do citizen volunteers, sitting on legislatively created local historic architectural review boards, represent a part of the American governance tradition? This study examines the relationships between public board members, citizen interests, career public administrators and the elected appointing authorities. This research involved a national survey of over 1200 members of boards of historic architectural review. In addition, four town or county case studies are presented in detail. These case studies are Jonesborough, Tennessee; Lynchburg, Virginia; Cobb County, Georgia; and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. These case studies are examined through an ecological perspective. Within the context of this study, boards of historic architectural review are very much a part of the urban/town/county governance model. They are highly professional in their composition, highly egalitarian, and deeply committed to furthering highly individualistic notions of community. Although some national community studies suggest a malaise in communitarian ideals, this research suggests just the contrary. The failure of citizenship falls more upon the legitimacy accorded to citizens as public administrators rather than an apathy toward manifesting that citizenship. Historic preservation itself is in a national state of disarray. Its ethos is poorly defined, and the national wellspring for preservation impetus to the local community is strained. Most communities find themselves struggling to fit a nostalgic, sentimental vision of the preserved environment into a well articulated economic model. This research suggests that local historic architectural review boards need to draw upon themselves to create better opportunities through self-study and formal certification programs. By enhancing their natural reserves of professionalism and commitment, they will advertise what they already do very well: administer in the public interest. By joining with like-minded community-based public boards this new coalition promises a energy and direction for municipal governments. The key is to foster an open environment of dialogue and debate centered on furthering good, responsive government.
Ph. D.

This report asks the question how to balance thepreservation of cultural built heritage against other publicand private interests in local planning. The aim of the studyis to contribute to knowledge about how different actors valuethe built heritage and how they interact in planning. The studydiscusses how this knowledge can be taken into account inplanning practice. As society develops further into a knowledgesociety, the valuation of local environmental qualities seemsto be more complex than during previous decades. For thatreason the maintenance of cultural built heritage is moredifficult to handle than before. The planning process has bytradition been characterised by a strong public sectorinvolvement and by strict procedural links to the regulationsystem. However, private initiatives have come to play anincreasingly important role in the planning process. Thesechanges have led to a situation where decision-making becomesinformal. The question is if planning functions in such waythat all values represented by different interests areconsidered carefully when decisions are made for preservation,renewal or change of the builtenvironment. There are reasonsto question the notion of citizen representation by localpoliticians and experts of various kinds. The theoreticalfoundation for the study is economic valuation theory, andespecially environmental economics, in combination withnegotiation theory and planning theory. These theories are usedas a starting point for an analysis of different actors’understanding of the cultural built heritage, their incentivesfor participating in planning, and, hence, for understandingthe interaction which determines preservation practice.Empirical findings are based on a case study of planning andheritage management in the municipality of Umeå. Itincludes studies of five recently completed planning processesconcerning specific real estate properties, as well as, aquestionnaire directed to a random selection of 1000inhabitants in the municipality. The study concludes that theoutcome of planning to a substantial part is depending of theinteraction and relations between the stakeholders, and, hence,structured by what has developed as the intellectual traditionand context of the city. The study shows that the builtenvironment seen as a public good in general is not fullyacknowledged and understood. Consequently, the private goodcharacteristic of the built environment is stressed inplanning, not only by private actors, but also by the publicsector. Furthermore, the study concludes that one importantissue in the management of the cultural built heritage is todraw on the actors’incentives for preservation, hence,paying more attention to the question of future direct andindirect use of the built heritage. An actor who primarilyfocuses on existence value runs the risk of being situated inthe margin of planning, with no real influence on decisionsconcerning heritage management.

Aksum est la capitale de l'ancien royaume aksumite et l'un des sites archéologiques les plus importants d'Éthiopie. Il a été inscrit sur la liste du patrimoine mondial en 1980
Aksum is the capital of ancient Aksumite Kingdom and one of the most important archaeological site in Ethiopia. It has been registered on World Heritage List in 1980. Its archaeological and cultural heritage continues to be a victim of urbanization, development, erosion and deposition. Despite increased awareness and issues within the field of archaeology, the destruction of archaeological and cultural heritage sites of Aksum has been staggering. Although considered as an outstanding universal heritage site, very little focused cultural heritage management has been undertaken in Aksum. All archaeological excavations conducted thus far in Aksum focused on unearthing elite tombs and palaces. Both acts of destruction are relevant to current research on the cultural heritage management aspect in Aksum in general. This research provides an analysis of the destruction of the archaeological and heritage sites and monuments in Aksum based on ancient documents, archaeological excavations and field observation. It examines the extent the sites have been excavated, documented and preserved. Three sites have been selected for case study for the present research. The research revealed that the archaeological and heritage sites in Aksum have been deeply affected by urbanization in general. Evidently, the absence of integrated development planning by the municipality, lack of professionals in the field of archaeology and lack of public education have contributed significantly to the loss of the archaeological record. This thesis attempts to evaluate the current state of documentation and preservation of the cultural heritage resource in Aksum

Aksum est la capitale de l'ancien royaume aksumite et l'un des sites archéologiques les plus importants d'Éthiopie. Il a été inscrit sur la liste du patrimoine mondial en 1980
Aksum is the capital of ancient Aksumite Kingdom and one of the most important archaeological site in Ethiopia. It has been registered on World Heritage List in 1980. Its archaeological and cultural heritage continues to be a victim of urbanization, development, erosion and deposition. Despite increased awareness and issues within the field of archaeology, the destruction of archaeological and cultural heritage sites of Aksum has been staggering. Although considered as an outstanding universal heritage site, very little focused cultural heritage management has been undertaken in Aksum. All archaeological excavations conducted thus far in Aksum focused on unearthing elite tombs and palaces. Both acts of destruction are relevant to current research on the cultural heritage management aspect in Aksum in general. This research provides an analysis of the destruction of the archaeological and heritage sites and monuments in Aksum based on ancient documents, archaeological excavations and field observation. It examines the extent the sites have been excavated, documented and preserved. Three sites have been selected for case study for the present research. The research revealed that the archaeological and heritage sites in Aksum have been deeply affected by urbanization in general. Evidently, the absence of integrated development planning by the municipality, lack of professionals in the field of archaeology and lack of public education have contributed significantly to the loss of the archaeological record. This thesis attempts to evaluate the current state of documentation and preservation of the cultural heritage resource in Aksum

This thesis is an analysis and interpretation of the visual self-representation of local dynasts (often termed 'client kings') in the Roman Near East (100 BC to AD 100). The evidence for the tombs, temples, palaces and portraits of these dynasts has never previously been systematically gathered, studied, compared or interpreted. It focuses specifially on tombs palaces and portraits of the six local dynasties that have left substantial material remains: the Hasmonaeans and Herodians of Judaea, the Nabataeans of Petra, the Imraeans in Mt. Lebanon, and the dynasties of Emesa in central Syria and of Commagene on the upper Euphrates.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2006.
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In this dissertation, I examine the impact of one important type of "heritage partnership," the National Heritage Areas (NHA) program, on historic preservation activities at the grassroots level. NHAs, often termed the "future of our National Parks," have been administered by the National Park Service since the mid-1980s. These projects aim to mobilize local initiatives around a common set of distinct community assets and foster public-private partnerships addressing preservation and development issues on a regional scale. The two case studies I use to explore this issue are the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor and the Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission (or "Path of Progress"). My analysis focuses on the relationship between two key players: the federal government and local preservation organizations (LPOs). I use the cases to test two hypotheses: 1) By valorizing local resources, national designation will benefit the organized preservation movement; and 2) By crafting and promoting a distinct regional heritage, these projects will mobilize grassroots institutions to work together.
(cont.) To achieve the objectives of local engagement and partnerships, NHAs try to in effect create two new resources, both reliant on grassroots actors: a transformed sense of regional identity and a regional infrastructure committed to its stewardship. My research shows that while some organizations have benefited from these projects in important ways, the transition to this more holistic outlook is often problematic for LPOs since it runs counter to fundamental assumptions about the role of heritage and community-based initiatives. While this dissertation includes an examination and comparison of two case studies, it also addresses much larger concerns regarding the nature of the partnership between federal and local actors in the United States. A historical and theoretical review highlights serious unresolved tensions about the role that the NPS is able to play in meeting the many demands of local advocates; it also brings to light the agency's inability to develop criteria for what merits attention in the face of political pressure, the historic lack of a comprehensive national preservation policy, and the preservation field's ever broadening agenda.
by Elizabeth Morton.
Ph.D.

This is a study of the change in property values over a ten year period, from 1993 to 2003, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Sales prices for the entire city are compared to sales prices in two locally designated historic districts and one control neighborhood. The intent of the paper is to identify the effect that local historic protections have on real property values.

*Graveyards are significant sites that are consciously and deliberately created. As both architecture and landscape architecture, graveyards are an intrinsic part of history that have helped define and establish architectural styles as well as address land use and associated issues.Graveyards provide some of the best and most lasting examples of art and sculpture through the ages. By examining the size, shape, ornamentation/articulation, style of carving and materials from which the stones are constructed, elements of social status and what individuals thought of the themselves are revealed. Valuable historic documentation is gleaned from graveyards in the form of genealogical information, social history, widespread diseases, wars/battles and demographics. The study of epitaphs discloses biographies of individuals and indicates what type of professions were dominant during a certain period. The religious symbolism of individual stones differentiates denominations and may lend evidence of a once-existent church or parish.*This term was traditionally used throughout the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and therefore will be applied in the text where appropriate. The need to preserve graveyards is essential to humankind's understanding of the past,, people and the environment. As outdoor museums that are open to all, regardless of social or economic status, to visit and experience, graveyards are potentially one of the best educational tools for interpreting history, yet are seldom used. Graveyards must begin to be viewed as "interpretive sites" and not just as functional and emotional places for the dead. As a tangible aspect of history that contains sensitive records, the preservation of a graveyard must be carefully and innovatively handled. The stability that a cemetery presents in the ever-changing environment of a disposable society is threatened unless the site and its artifacts are properly maintained.Historic Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia, presents itself as a significant eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth-century graveyard/cemetery. It is the site of the 1781 Battle of Petersburg and the burial grounds for approximately 30,000 Confederate soldiers from the United States Civil War. The Old Blandford Church is the oldest church in the Petersburg area (ca. 1734-1737) and was the last of three brick churches built for Bristol Parish of Bristol, England, in colonial Virginia. The church also contains fifteen Tiffany stained-glass windows designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany.Since the historic fabric at Blandford Cemetery needs to be preserved, restored, maintained and innovatively managed to ensure its future, this study has been undertaken with the sincere hope that others will find the enthusiasm, support and encouragement to seek out, preserve and interpret old graveyards and cemeteries.
Department of Architecture

This masters thesis examines the role and involvement of cultural objects in the world today. Its aim is to assess the possible solutions recovery and use of immovable monuments. The thesis is determined by the general definition of cultural monuments, its legislative and institutional framework, the use and sources of funding. Following practical part deals with the previous themes in the context of the particular immovable monument, the monastery of St. Francis of Assisi in Votice. It is a sacred monument of regional significance. The outcome of this masters thesis is to determine the optimal solution of the usage of the monument with an emphasis on preserving its value.

Local Roots is a design of a system where local interest circles and study groups share their knowledge and interest in the context of an outdoor museum. Here, museum visitors can get inspired by a first glimpse into the local culture of traditional food production. This thesis project mainly focuses on the introduction experience to this system, on the outdoor museum plant tour "what's my flavor". Interactive plant audio installations of this tour are placed around the territory of the museum. By touching different parts of a plant, museum visitors trigger information about its nutritional and cultural values. They start to see food opportunities in natural ecosystems, gain experience and train watchfulness the same way they would do it for centuries before, by touching, smelling and reading the signs of nature together with the more experienced peers.

Shelters, as preventive conservation methods, have traditionally been considered a better option than leaving the site exposed. However, there has been limited research on their effect on the preservation of heritage materials and, as a result, there is no clear scientific evidence to support sheltering. This study aims to provide the first rigorous scientific assessment of the effect of lightweight, open shelters on limestone deterioration at archaeological sites. A method based on the use of low-cost environmental monitoring equipment and limestone blocks and tablets (as indicators of decay) has been developed to determine the degree of protection provided by the shelters at the Bishop' Palace (Witney, England) and Hagar Qim (Malta). Preliminary visual assessments of the field sites were followed by 12-18 month exposure trials. Temperature extremes and fluctuations, frost events, relative humidity extremes and fluctuations, NaCl crystallisation events, solar radiation, wetting events, salt content, atmospheric pollutants and dust deposition were monitored. In addition, stone decay was studied by analysing changes in weight, elasticity, surface hardness, ultrasonic pulse velocity, surface colour, moisture content and general appearance (microscopic and macroscopic pictures) in stone samples. An exhaustive assessment of the shelter at the Bishop's Palace was carried out using Chalk, Cotswold and Portland limestone blocks as well as Portland limestone tablets (specifically for studying dissolution, soiling and biological growth). Additionally, a comparative assessment of the effects of the two shelters in contrasting climatic environments, the Bishop's Palace (temperate maritime) and Hagar Qim (Mediterranean), was undertaken by monitoring Globigerina and Coralline limestone blocks simultaneously at both sites. The research has shown that lightweight, open shelters do not exclude decay completely but minimise it. However, there are some areas at higher risk of decay, i.e. top parts of the walls and the periphery. In addition, problems with the shelter design can enhance some decay mechanisms, such as biocolonisation on the periphery at the Bishop's Palace and dust deposition under the shelter at Hagar Qim. Therefore, the effectiveness of shelters should not be assumed.

La these s'efforce de determiner ce que recouvre la notion de patrimoine architectural pour les membres des associations de sauvegarde et des societes savantes. Elle recherche des definitions implicites a partir, d'une part, de la maniere dont ils decrivent dans leurs revues les batiments anciens qu'ils etudient, visitent ou defendent et, d'autre part, de leurs debats sur l'utilite et les moyens de les conserver. Quatre manieres de voir et de penser le patrimoine ont ainsi pu etre degagees de l'analyse d'un corpus constitue des publications des associations nationales et de celles de niveau local pour deux regions (la normandie et la franche-comte) de 1945 a nos jours. Tout d'abord, il y a celle du touriste attache a l'apparence des batiments saisis d'un regard dans leur cadre; celle de l'erudit archeologue pour lequel le monument est un document dont il faut preserver l'authenticite, et celle du traditionaliste qui ne recherche que les traces d'une culture vivante. Puis, apres 1960, apparait une nouvelle attitude qui va peu a peu se generaliser. Les batiments sont apprehendes par ensembles, des caracteres generaux sont degages puis rapportes a un reseau de determinismes locaux mis en evidence par la geographie, l'histoire ou l'ethnologie
The study endeavours to define the meaning of the concept of architectural heritage as used by the members of the preservation associations and learned societies. It seeks implicit definitions. On the one side from the descriptions published in their journals and magazines of the ancient buildings that are studied, visited or defended; on the other side from the argument concerning the use and means of the preservation of such buildings. Four general approaches of the heritage have been disclosed through the analysis of a corpus composed the publications of both national and local associations, the later concerning two regions (normandie and franche-comte) from 1945 on. These approaches are : the tourist's which focusses on the visual appearance of the buildings; the erudite's or archeologist's which considers buildings as documents ; the traditionnalist's which seeks only the marks of a living culture, and last from 1960 on, a new attitude which progressively tends to dominate as holistic entities, generally characterized and reffered to a set of local determinisms evidenced by geography, history or anthropology

The Monuments at Risk Survey 1995 (MARS) outlined rates and causes of identified monument loss in England, showing that 16% of recorded monuments had been completely destroyed by 1995, and that 95% of surviving monuments in England had suffered partial destruction. Hitherto, no equivalent research has been undertaken in Scotland. Using a 17% random stratified sample of 779 field monuments surviving in 1850 within a study area encompassing much of the local authority areas of Perth and Kinross, Fife and Angus, the present research has analysed the distribution and quantified loss of archaeological monuments since 1850 in relation to a number of variables including land use, Land Capability for Agriculture, elevation, local authority area, monument period and material construction. Results show that monument distribution within the study area varies most noticeably according to land use and elevation. The highest densities of extant monuments are found in semi-natural woodland (17.2 extant sample monuments per 100km2) and non-intensive land uses such as unimproved grazing and moorland (13.8 extant sample monuments per 100km2). The lowest density of extant monuments is found in arable and improved pasture (4.5 extant sample monuments per 100km2), although this is offset by a recorded density of 11.5 cropmark sample monuments per 100km2. By elevation, monument densities are highest below 100m OD (24.4 monuments per 100km2) and between 250m OD and 400m OD (21 monuments per 100 km2)with a pronounced paucity of recorded monuments between 100m OD and 200m OD, particularly on improved and arable land. For each sample monument, a condition history has been constructed through a desk-based study using data from the National Monuments Record of Scotland. This desk-based study has recorded the greatest causes of monument loss since 1850 as unknown causes (28% of loss), archaeological excavation (24% of loss), farming (15% of loss) and development (11% of loss). The monument condition histories created through the desk-based study have then been augmented and calibrated for a subsample of 258 monuments by means of an accuracy assessment, using information from vertical and oblique aerial photographs, survey reports from Historic Scotland Monument Wardens and a programme of field survey. Using these additional data sources, the accuracy assessment has identified the largest causes of monument loss within the study area since 1850 as forestry (31% of loss), farming (28% of loss) and development (12% of loss). Analysis shows that among monuments extant in 1850, a minimum of 38% have been reduced in extent, with at least 5% destroyed. Loss has been greatest among monuments found in arable and improved land (39% reduced, 27% destroyed), forestry (79% reduced, 9% destroyed) and developed land (63% reduced, 27% destroyed), and lowest among monuments found in permanent pasture (91% undamaged), semi-natural woodland (75% undamaged) and rough grazing and moorland (85% undamaged). Although the use of a desk-based study and accuracy assessment has proved successful in identifying trends in the loss of visible monuments, it has been necessary to employ alternative methods by which to assess damage at buried monuments represented by cropmarks. To this end, a programme of excavation, topographic survey and soil depth recording has been undertaken at five locations in Perth and Kinross. Analysis of the results from this programme of excavation and survey has identified statistically significant relationships between land surface curvature and topsoil depth at three of the five sites examined, enabling the mapping at site scale of areas which are likely to have been subject to greatest agricultural damage. Extrapolating from these site-specific maps, it has been possible to map probable damage and risk to cropmark monuments at a regional scale. Although the validity of this regional scale mapping has been limited by the 25m cell size of the digital terrain model on which it has been based, the potential of such a technique in enabling a rapid preliminary assessment of damage and risk to cropmark monuments has been demonstrated.

ABSTRACT This thesis is concerned with the question of how America’s citizen soldiers are remembered and how their services can be interpreted through monuments and memorials. The paper discusses the concept of memory and the functions of memorialization. It explores whether and how monuments and memorials portray the difficulties, hardships, horror, costs, and consequences of armed combat. The political motivations behind the design, formation and establishment of the edifices are also probed. The paper considers the Vietnam War monuments and memorials erected by Americans and Vietnam expatriates in New Orleans, Louisiana, and examines their illustrative and educational usefulness. Results reflect that although political benefits accrued from the realization of the memorial structures in question, far more important, palliative and meaningful motives brought about their construction. They also demonstrate that, when understood, monuments and memorials can be historically useful.

Préoccupation du pouvoir politique depuis la Révolution française, le monument historique est au service de la construction de la Nation.L'Etat impulse, sous la Monarchie de Juillet, une véritable politique publique animée par une administration spécifique dotée de moyens financiers et d'un corpus législatif et réglementaire. Cette politique a conduit à une véritable étatisation du patrimoine culturel à travers les monuments historiques, les monuments naturels et les sites, puis le patrimoine urbain (secteurs sauvegardés). Cette centralisation étatique a rapidement montré ses limites et ses lacunes : l'importance des moyens financiers nécessaires et la lourdeur de l'action étatique ont alors poussé à rechercher d'autres voies. L'ampleur de la tâche, sans cesse accentuée par l'élargissement du champ patrimonial, et l'émergence du principe de subsidiarité, ont conduit l'Etat à associer les collectivités territoriales à cette mission d'intérêt public, puis à organiser progressivement certains transferts de compétences. Les collectivités territoriales ont également pris conscience de l'importance de leur patrimoine comme symbole identitaire et source de développement. Dans le même temps les citoyens en ont mesuré l'intérêt dans leur environnement quotidien. Dans cette évolution qui amène l'Etat à se recentrer sur ses fonctions régaliennes et les collectivités territoriales à assumer des responsabilités patrimoniales, l'équilibre demeure difficile à trouver, d'autant que l'exigence de démocratie participative implique d'associer plus étroitement les citoyens à cette politique publique patrimoniale.

This Bachelor Thesis investigates the inherent conflict of preservation and livelihood, and what can be done to avoid this problem. The purpose of the study is to investigate if there is an enhanced risk of overexploitation in areas in proximity to forest reserves. This assumption is based on the fact that people living in close contact with nature are directly dependent on ecosystem-services for maintaining their livelihood. Hence, preservation of an area could result in degradation, if unprotected areas will have to sustain more people with, for example, firewood and pastoral land. Based on a field study in Babati District, Northern Tanzania, I have seen signs that imply that preservation of Ufiome, the forest covering Mt Kwaraa, has had effects on areas in proximity to the gazetted forest. The method used to conduct this study was semi-structured interviews with local farmers living in closeness to Ufiome NR, but also with district officials. Finally, I think that the solution to many of the problems that come with preservation are possible to handle by the use of Participatory Forest Management (PFM); Joint Forest Management (JFM) and Community Based Forest Management (CBFM). The key to coming to terms with conservational problems lies on scale-related solutions that focuses on implementing management of natural resources on a local level, claiming that fine-scale ecological issues are best dealt with on fine-scale social levels.

As China experiences rapid urbanization, local traditional knowledge (LTK) has been increasingly brought to the public’s attention as a significant feature of cultural identity and inclusiveness. Especially in the ethnic minority areas, it is important to respect LTK so that the cultural identity and social cohesion of ethnic minorities can be sustained in an increasingly urbanized environment. The objective of this research is to explore the incorporation of LTK during the process of urbanizing China’s ethnic minority regions from the perspective of residents. Using Dali City as a case study, this dissertation investigates local Bai people’s perspective on LTK with urbanization in mind. Questionnaire surveys, focus group discussions, and daily field observations are employed to examine how Bai LTK is impacting Dali’s cultural landscape. Based on the questionnaire surveys answered by 80 Bai people, this research finds that Dali has a well-preserved Bai cultural landscape. Complementary to the questionnaire findings, the focus group data and daily field observations provide robust conclusions on how local Bai people perceive the preservation of their culture. Respondents placed a high cultural value on Bai language, traditional architecture, and traditional festivals. Nonetheless, a discrepancy is evident between participants’ preferences regarding the conservation of Bai traditions, which reveals the culture preservation is facing challenges. By demonstrating that there are profound differences in Bai LTK conservation between the urban and rural areas, this study contributes to more realistic descriptions of the impact of urbanization in Dali. Particularly, it captures the cultural processes which transform the built environment and reveals a better strategy to integrate LTK with urban development. The decision-making process for ethnic culture preservation is highly complicated and refers to achieving a benefit equilibrium for every stakeholder using a more participative approach. LTK indicates an intrinsic value to a livable city and is instrumental in an inclusive urbanism. The research findings assert a better understanding of culture preservation from the perspective of Bai people in Dali and shed light on the interplay between LTK and sustainable development in the ethnic minority region.

The new church of Ytterlännäs, a large Neo-Classical sermon church, was consecrated in 1854. The old, medieval church was far too small to house the growing number of visitors. It was therefore abandoned, but managed to be spared from demolition. A couple of decades into the twentieth century did the church once again become the object of the congregation's maintenance. It was restored and has been used for services since 1939.These abandoned churches are the subject of the present dissertation. The main aim of this thesis is answering such questions as: Why where the ancient churches abandoned? Why where they later restored and which individuals or groups advocated restoration? How where the projects realized? What guiding principles informed their work and how was the practical matter of restoration done? What values did the people involved see in the restored objects?The chapter Old and New Churches is a general introduction to the subject and certain aspects of the Neo-Classical churches are treated. The chapter entitled The Congregation and the Abandoned Churches deals with the situation from the perspective of the Swedish Lutheran Church, where the Young Church movement embraced a faith in the church as a force capable of cultural renewal, which resulted in a wider interest in preservation and restoration of the old churches. The chapter The Ideology of Restoration deals with how modern ideas about restoration were mediated from Europe to Sweden. Sigurd Curman presented the new antiquarian doctrine of restoration in two articles from 1905 and 1906. The chapter The Preservation of Cultural Monuments and the Abandoned Churches shows that the restorations was made possible by the fact that the responsible authorities possessed better tools for the successful completion of their task by this time.In the chapter Erik Salvén and the Abandoned Churches the man is introduced, that meant the most for the restoration of the churches which this thesis deals with. These are the subjects of the following five chapters: Trönö in Hälsingland, Alnö in Medelpad, Ragunda and Oviken in Jämtland and Ytterlännäs in Ångermanland. The results of this thesis are discussed and summarized in the last chapter, Interpreting the History of a Church.
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L’année même où l’État français construit le système des monuments historiques, le corps expéditionnaire de Charles X traverse la mer de la Méditerranée pour en envahir l’autre rive. Dans un contexte marqué à la fois par la colonisation française en Algérie et par l’instauration d’une politique patrimoniale en France, cette thèse analyse la manière dont les autorités coloniales ont géré la question du patrimoine islamique en Algérie. Elle cherche à comprendre comment elles ont abordé cette autre culture de préservation du patrimoine bâti dans un contexte de guerre et de colonisation. En effet, deux approches diamétralement opposées se confrontent : l’une vise la préservation des artefacts historiques et culturels, tandis que l’autre tend vers l’éradication de toute contestation et la promotion de la suprématie culturelle des nouveaux dominants. La culture de « l’autre », « indigène », « arabe », « musulman » se retrouve fortement ébranlée par les évènements qui secouent le pays, plaçant ainsi sa mémoire au cœur de toute la politique coloniale. L’histoire de la transformation des biens habous de Tlemcen en monuments historiques s’attache à déceler, d’une part, les divers facteurs qui ont mené à la transformation des biens islamiques en monuments « nationaux », d’autre part, les moyens matériels et humains mis en œuvre dans le contexte de colonisation
In the same year that the French state established the system of monuments, Charles X's expeditionary corps crossed the Mediterranean Sea to invade the other shore. In a context marked both by French colonization in Algeria and the establishment of a heritage policy in France, this thesis analyzes how the colonial authorities managed the issue of Islamic heritage in Algeria. It seeks to understand how they approached this other culture of built heritage preservation in a context of war and colonization. Indeed, two diametrically opposed approaches clashed: one aimed at preserving historical and cultural artifacts, while the other tended towards eradicating any opposition and promoting the cultural supremacy of the new rulers. The culture of the "other," "indigenous," "Arab," "Muslim" was significantly shaken by the events affecting the country, placing its memory at the heart of all colonial policy. The history of the transformation of the habous properties in Tlemcen into historical monuments seeks to uncover, on one hand, the various factors that led to the transformation of Islamic properties into "national" monuments, and on the other hand, the material and human resources implemented in the context of colonization

A partir de final da década de setenta do século XX Mértola viveu novos tempos, não tão áureos como os do seu passado de cidade portuária, elo de ligação com as riquezas do Mediterrâneo, mas, pelo menos, de Vila conhecedora das suas raízes, pronta para construir o seu novo futuro. Este novo alento foi sem dúvida dado pela consciencialização relativamente à importância do seu património arqueológico, histórico e natural. Esta tese pretende clarificar a relação existente entre o Projecto Mértola Vila Museu e o desenvolvimento local, caracterizando e analisando o projecto com o objectivo de conhecer as suas acções, implicações e consequências no desenvolvimento de Mértola. Passados trinta anos esta reflexão é essencial para perceber se este projecto foi, ainda é, e será, factor de desenvolvimento local, e quais as suas perspectivas de futuro. ABSTRACT: From the end of the 70s of the 20th century Mértola has experienced a new phase, not as magnificent as when it was a city port in the past, when it was a link in the relationship with the riches of the Mediterranean but at least as a town with knowledge of its roots, a town ready to construct its new future. This new breath of energy was, without doubt, given by the awareness of the importance of its archaeological, historical and natural heritage. This thesis aims to clarify the relationship that exists between the Project “Mértola Museum Town” and local development, characterizing and analyzing the project with the aim of getting to know its actions, implications and consequences in Mértola’s development. With the passing of thirty years, this reflection is essential in order to understand whether this project was, still is and will be a factor in local development and what are its perspectives for the future.

An area of Shetland is examined in order to identify how Iron Age settlements might have related to each other. The study area contains two brochs. An inter-disciplinary approach is used to identify evidence for other Iron Age settlements and the information is presented as a model illustrating the pattern of settlement at different points during the Iron Age. A distinction is drawn between locations containing field archaeology and locations where occupation is predicted on the basis of evidence such as soil quality or place name. The whole model is then examined in order to identify patterns which may suggest changing relationships between settlements and groups of settlements, and the trends and influences behind these. Next an appraisal is made of the settlements' relative status and authority during Shetland's Early, Middle and Late Iron Age. By looking at the whole landscape through time - before, during and after the Iron Age - the brochs are set in a wider chronological context which takes into account the changing role that these highly visible monuments may have played as socio-economic focal points in a developing landscape. The outcome reveals complexity. Initially the brochs appear to be a focus of settlement patterns but by the end of the Late Iron Age they are rivalled by a non-broch area which shows signs of heightened Pictish influence. Elsewhere in Shetland at this period there is retrenchment to broch-settlements, raising the question of how far developments in the study area are unique to that location.

An area of Shetland is examined in order to identify how Iron Age settlements might have related to each other. The study area contains two brochs. An inter-disciplinary approach is used to identify evidence for other Iron Age settlements and the information is presented as a model illustrating the pattern of settlement at different points during the Iron Age. A distinction is drawn between locations containing field archaeology and locations where occupation is predicted on the basis of evidence such as soil quality or place name. The whole model is then examined in order to identify patterns which may suggest changing relationships between settlements and groups of settlements, and the trends and influences behind these. Next an appraisal is made of the settlements¿ relative status and authority during Shetland¿s Early, Middle and Late Iron Age. By looking at the whole landscape through time - before, during and after the Iron Age ¿ the brochs are set in a wider chronological context which takes into account the changing role that these highly visible monuments may have played as socio-economic focal points in a developing landscape. The outcome reveals complexity. Initially the brochs appear to be a focus of settlement patterns but by the end of the Late Iron Age they are rivalled by a non-broch area which shows signs of heightened Pictish influence. Elsewhere in Shetland at this period there is retrenchment to broch-settlements, raising the question of how far developments in the study area are unique to that location.

The Vieux Carré in New Orleans is the second oldest locally designated historic district and serves as a prominent example of local historic preservation efforts; however, the Vieux Carré has a high vacancy rate. This thesis examines the effects of land use policy, including the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and the design review process in the Vieux Carré, on attempts to return vacant buildings to commerce. The author examines three cases of redevelopment attempts of vacant properties in the Vieux Carré. In two of the three cases, constrictions from the Zoning Ordinance not the design review process held up the redevelopment process. The other case identified owner negligence as the cause for failure in the redevelopment attempt.

На Сумщині у Лебединському районі, на пагорбах, оточених ставками, розташувалося мальовниче селище Лифине. На одному з пагорбів, у XVIII ст., був збудований маєток. До наших часів небагато споруд маєтку залишилися не зруйнованими.

Cette recherche entend aborder la question de l’authenticité à travers les pratiques de restauration liées au patrimoine architectural au Japon avec pour principal objet d’étude, des bâtiments traditionnels en bois en cours de restauration. Une des particularités des techniques relatives à la transmission de l’architecture au Japon est certainement le démontage périodique des édifices. Cette impermanence constructive tire ses origines de conditions climatiques difficiles, de spécificités liées à l’architecture en bois, ou encore de pratiques religieuses ancestrales, comme la reconstruction périodique de certains sanctuaires shintō. Dans la notion de « reconstruction », il y a l’idée de bâtir « à nouveau » ce qui a été détruit, de rétablir, de reproduire, de redonner une forme primitive à une structure ou à un édifice à partir d’éléments fragmentaires (vestiges, sources épigraphiques, etc.). Cela suppose la mise en présence d’un objet nouveau – à la matérialité inédite – avec l’idée de refaire « une fois encore » quelque chose qui a, jadis, eu une existence. Cette définition nous invite à considérer la possible coexistence de différentes pratiques et différents niveaux de reconstruction. La « reconstruction - restitution » est souvent invoquée pour retrouver des savoir-faire manquants. Pour de nombreux spécialistes, la pratique de la restauration par désassemblage (et, par la suite, de la reconstruction) agirait comme une synthèse de techniques et de théories apparentées à l’architecture traditionnelle. L’objectif de cette recherche est d’étudier différents cas de bâtiments reconstruits et les pratiques qui les animent
This research addresses the issue of authenticity through restoration practices on Japanese architectural heritage and focuses mainly on traditional wooden buildings under restoration. One of the particularities of architectural practice in Japan is certainly the periodic dismantling of old buildings. The origins of this traditional practice stems from harsh climatic conditions, specificities related to wooden architecture, or ancient religious practices including the periodic reconstruction of some Shinto shrines. This “non-permanence” of buildings allows the transmission of forms and techniques through ages and time. With the concept of “reconstruction” comes the idea of building “once again” what was destroyed, as well as restoring, reproducing or restoring a primitive form, a structure or a building from fragmentary elements (vestiges, epigraphic sources, etc.). This presupposes the creation of a completely new object – with unprecedented materiality – that is triggered by the idea of making "once again" something that already existed. This definition of “reconstructing” invites us to consider a possible coexistence of different types of practices and standards of reconstruction. The act of “reconstruction - restitution” is often invoked to retrieve a missing “savoir-faire” (technical know-how). For many specialists, the practice of restoration by disassembling (prior to reconstructing) constitutes (or involves) the synthesis of techniques and theories related to traditional architecture. The aim of this research work is thus to study different cases of building reconstruction and type of practices that drive them

Der UNESCO-Welterbestatus als ein kontroverses Thema in der lokalen bis globalen Öffentlichkeit gewinnt für die Stadt- und Regionalentwicklung in Europa zunehmend an Bedeutung. Denn zum einen nehmen die Nominierungen europäischer Stätten als Weltkulturerbe zu, und zum anderen hält der Trend zur räumlichen Polarisierung an. Es wachsen die Disparitäten zwischen peripheren und metropolen Regionen und ihren Städten. Der Notwendigkeit, wirtschaftliche, demografische und kulturelle Konzentrationsprozesse in Metropolen nachhaltig zu lenken, steht die Herausforderung gegenüber, angesichts von Schrumpfung und vielfältigen Problemlagen in peripheren Regionen, Erreichtes zu stabilisieren und Entwicklungen zu stimulieren. Der UNESCO-Weltkulturerbestatus ist in Folge dieser Entwicklungen für immer mehr lokale und regionale Akteure ein relevantes Thema, das gegenwärtig in metropolen Welterbestätten vor allem als Entwicklungsbarriere und Konfliktpotenzial und in peripheren Regionen als Chance für Stabilität und Entwicklung brisant erscheint. Tatsächlich ist das Wirkpotenzial des UNESCO-Labels für die Stadt- und Regionalentwicklung kaum beschrieben. Es fehlen zum einen umfassende Evaluationen, die die Wirkungen des Weltkulturerbestatus im Querschnitt der soziokulturellen bis wirtschaftlichen Stadtentwicklungsthemen darstellen, negative Effekte thematisieren und das Wirken des Labels am Maßstab der Nachhaltigkeit bewerten. Zum anderen fehlen Studien, die systematisch erklären, warum der Welterbestatus wie auf die Stadtentwicklung wirkt und welche Bedingungen das Wirken des Welterbeslabels beeinflussen. Die räumliche Lage einer Welterbestätte und das Handeln ihrer Akeure sind dabei aus praktischer und theoretischer Sicht wesentliche und bislang unzureichend untersuchte Bedingungen. Im Ergebnis mangelt es an übertragbaren, wissenschaftlichen und praxisrelevanten Ableitungen, wie - in Anbetracht differenzierter lokaler Konstellationen - der Welterbestatus ein Teil nachhaltiger Stadtentwicklung sein kann. Ziel der Arbeit sind demnach raumdifferenzierte und akteurszentrierte Ansätze, die den UNESCO-Welterbestatus als Potenzial nachhaltiger Stadtentwicklung erschließen: ihn schützen und nutzen. Dazu wurde das Wirken des Welterbelabels für die nachhaltige Stadtentwicklung evaluiert, differenziert für den peripheren und metropolen Raum und in Abhängigkeit vom lokalen Akteurshandeln. Als theoretische Leistung der Arbeit wurde ein eigenständiger Evaluationsansatz entwickelt. Er dient der Feststellung und Bestimmung der Wirksamkeit des Welterbelabels für die nachhaltige Stadtentwicklung auf Grundlage des sozialwissenschaftlichen Kausalitätsverständnisses und der theoriebasierten Plausibilisierung der Wirkrekonstruktionen. Er ermöglicht, entscheidungs- und verbesserungsorientiertes Wirkungswissen sowie theoriebildendes Wissen zu erarbeiten. Empirische Grundlage ist dafür die Untersuchung dreier, theoriebasiert augewählter Fallbeispiele. Es sind die Weltkulturerbestädte St. Petersburg (Russland), Stralsund und Wismar (Deutschland). Die Städte ähneln sich in dem Merkmal, dass ihre Innenstädte flächenhaft als Weltkulturerbestätte anerkannt sind. Sie unterscheiden sich in ihren Konstellationen der Kriterien "Lage im Raum" (metropoler versus peripherer Kontext) und "Verhalten der Stadtverwaltung" gegenüber dem Welterbelabel (Passivität versus Aktivität). Die zentralen Forschungsergebnisse der Arbeit lassen sich letztlich in vier Punkten zusammenfassen: 1. Der Weltkulturerbestatus ist nachweislich ein Potenzial der Stadtentwicklung, das in einem breiten Themenquerschnitt Entwicklungen der Welterbestadt bedingt bzw. bedingen kann. Die Daten der Arbeit belegen, dass der Welterbestatus sowohl die lokalen Lebensqualitäten und Wirtschaftsentwicklungen in den Fallstudien, als auch die lokale Denkmalpflege und das öffentliche Stadtentwicklungshandeln verändern kann. 2. Das Welterbelabel wirkt bisher in keiner der untersuchten Welterbestädte gezielt nachhaltig-positiv (Nachhaltigkeitsthese). Die Wirkungen des Welterbelabels in den Fallstudien entsprechen nicht durchgehend dem Maßstab der Nachhaltigkeit. Nachhaltigkeit ist in der Arbeit über die Prinzipien der Integration, Partizipation und Verteilungsgerechtigkeit operationalisiert. Negative nicht nachhaltige Wirkungen in den Fallstudien sind beispielsweise welterbelabelbedingte Parallelstrukturen in den Stadtverwaltungen und Überlastungen lokaler Akteure (Verteilungsgerechtigkeit), intransparente Entscheidungsprozesse sowie die labelbedingte Produktion bzw. Verstärkung verwaltungsinterner Ressortgrenzen (Partizipation), welterbestatusbedingte Abschreckungen von lokalen Wirtschaftsakteuren sowie massive Gefährdungen des Bauerbes trotz Welterbelabel (Integration). Diese negativen Teilwirkungen des UNESCO-Labels sind unter anderem die Folge von Unachtsamkeit bzw. Desinteresse lokaler, insbesondere durchsetzungsstarker Akteure gegenüber potenziellen Wirkbereichen des Welterbelabels in der Stadtentwicklung. Die Nachhaltigkeitsthese besagt dementsprechend: Der Welterbestatus ist in den untersuchten Welterbestädten ein ungenutztes Potenzial für nachhaltige Stadtentwicklung. Denn die Wirkmöglichkeiten des Welterbestatus zur Beförderung des lokalen Denkmalschutzes, der lokalen Lebensqualität und Wirtschaftsentwicklung werden von den Akteuren der Stadtverwaltung, Privatwirtschaft und Zivilgesellschaft nicht konsequent integrativ, transparent-partizipativ und effizient-ressourcengerecht bedacht und genutzt. 3. Das Welterbelabel ist ein räumlich differenziertes und akteursabhängiges Potenzial für die (nachhaltige) Stadtentwicklung (Raum- und Akteursthese). Es wirkt begleitend, statt entscheidend auf lokale Entwicklungen. Drittes Kernergebnis der Arbeit ist der Nachweis des UNESCO-Welterbelabels als ein relatives, nämlich räumlich differenziertes und akteursabhängiges Potenzial für die Stadtentwicklung. So betont die Raumthese der Arbeit den Einfluss des räumlichen Kontextes einer Welterbestadt auf die lokalen Möglichkeiten der Inwertsetzung und des Wirkens des Labels. Sie besagt: Das Potenzial des UNESCO-Weltkulturerbestatus für die Stadtentwicklung ist für Welterbestädte des peripheren Raumes größer als für Welterbestädte des metropolen Raumes, denn in Städten des peripheren Raumes mobilisiert der Welterbestatus deutlich stärker die Lokalakteure, Ideen und Aktivitäten zur Stadtentwicklung zu entwickeln und umzusetzen. Es sind Absichten und Aktivitäten zum Schutz und zur Nutzung des Welterbestatus. In der Tendenz sind die Wirkungen des Welterbestatus für den Schutz des baulichen (Welt-) Erbes und die soziokulturelle und ökonomische Stadtentwicklung zudem für periphere Welterbestädte relativ stärker als für Welterbestädte im metropolen Raum. Die Bedingungen für die Inwertsetzung des Welterbestatus sind allerdings im peripheren Raum relativ schlechter als in metropolen Welterbestädten, aufgrund begrenzter Finanz- und Personalressourcen der Lokalakteure aus Lokalwirtschaft, Zivilgesellschaft und Stadtverwaltung. Neben dem räumlichen Kontext einer Welterbestadt sind die Wirkungen des Welterbelabels in der Stadtentwicklung nachweislich vom Handeln der Lokalakteure abhängig. Die Akteursthese der Arbeit besagt: Das Potenzial des Welterbestatus für die Stadtentwicklung ist bedingt durch das Handeln der lokalen Akteure. Je aktiver und querschnittsorientierter Lokalakteure mit Durchsetzungsvermögen den Welterbestatus in Wert setzen, das heißt schützen und nutzen, desto deutlicher und vielfältiger sind die Wirkungen des UNESCO-Labels für die Stadtentwicklung im Rahmen des theoretisch Möglichen. Das prinzipiell positive wie negative Wirkpotenzial des UNESCO-Labels wird erst durch das Handeln, insbesondere durchsetzungsstarker Akteure wie leitende Stadtverwaltungsvertreter aktiviert. Das Wirkpotenzial des Welterbestatus in allen untersuchten Bereichen der Stadtentwicklung ist allerdings nachweislich begrenzt. Denn das Label spricht stets nur kleine Zielgruppen an und wirkt in ihnen als begleitendes, statt entscheidendes Argument für Verhaltensweisen. Ein stetes Mehr an lokalen Inwertsetzungsaktivitäten stößt letztlich an diese intrinsischen Wirkgrenzen des UNESCO-Labels (die Grenzen des theoretisch Möglichen) und damit auf den so genannten abnehmenden Grenznutzen. Zudem ist das lokale Wirken des Welterbelabels nicht allein von lokalen Bedingungen, wie dem Raumkontext der Stätte und das Akteurshandeln beeinflusst. Es steht nachweislich auch - in Einzelfällen sehr deutlich - im Zusammenhang mit überlokalen Bedingungen und Akteurshandlungen. 4. Differenzierte Ansätze, die den Raumkontext und die Akteurskonstellationen der Welterbestätte als Wirkbedingungen reflektieren und abstrahieren, sind praxisrelevante und übertragbare Anregungen dafür, den Welterbestatus nachhaltig als Potenzial der Stadtentwicklung zu erschließen. Letztes Kernergebnis der Arbeit sind zwei übertragbare Ansätze, die den Welterbestatus als Potenzial nachhaltiger Stadtentwicklung differenziert für die Konstellationen „Welterbestädte im metropolen Raum“ und „Welterbestädte im peripheren Raum“ erschließen. Sie bieten inhaltliche, strukturelle und prozessuale Anregungen für das (Verwaltungs-) Handeln in Welterbestädten, die auf den Fallstudienergebnissen, auf Erfahrungen weiterer deutscher Welterbestädte sowie auf den aktuellen internationalen Diskussionen zum Management von Welterbestätten beruhen. Das Forschungsergebnis zum relativen, raumdifferenzierten und akteursabhängigen Potenzial des Welterbelelabels für die Stadtentwicklung begründet die Differenzierung der Ansätze. Es ist zudem der Ansatzpunkt, um die vielschichtigen Situationen in den untersuchten Fallstudien nachvollziehbar in Form von context-mechanism-output configurations zu abstrahieren und damit die Übertragung der Ansätze auf andere Welterbestädte ähnlicher Konstellationen prinzipiell zu ermöglichen. Vor diesem Hintergrund sollte das Leitbild für den lokalen Umgang mit dem Welterbe(status) in metropolen Stadtregionen lauten: Das bauliche (Welt)Erbe der Stadt ist geschützt und wird genutzt und weiterentwickelt, ohne die ihm spezifischen und schützenswerten Charakteristika zu beeinträchtigen und vor dem Hintergrund eines starken Rückhaltes des Denkmalschutzes in der Stadtgesellschaft. Das Leitbild reflektiert sowohl den lokalen Handlungsbedarf und die ideelle Verpflichtung der Stadtgesellschaft gegenüber der internationalen Staatengemeinschaft, das (Welt-) Erbe dauerhaft zu schützen, als auch die empirisch-theoretisch begründete Folgerung, dass aus der lokalen Inwertsetzung des UNESCO-Labels keine bzw. maximal marginale Wirkungen für die lokale Wirtschafts- und soziokulturelle Stadtentwicklung resultieren. Es zielt weder auf das kategorische Ausschließen soziokultureller und wirtschaftlicher Entwicklungen im Welterbegebiet, noch auf den Rückzug der Denkmalpflege, sondern sucht, das Ausbalancieren von Schutz- und Entwicklungszielen nachhaltig zu qualifizieren. Das Leitbild entspricht in diesem Sinne grundsätzlich dem bekannten Leitbild der bewahrenden Stadtentwicklung. Die überlokale Sichtbarkeit des Welterbelabels sowie das garantierte Mindestmaß an Aufmerksamkeit und Mitgestaltungswillen für die lokale Stadtentwicklung seitens der internationalen UNESCO und ICOMOS definieren jedoch letztlich die besondere Chance und brisante Herausforderung des Welterbelabels für die nachhaltige Entwicklung in metropolen Stadtregionen. Der in der Arbeit entwickelte Ansatz für den lokalen Umgang mit dem Welterbelabel greift deshalb zunächst auf prozessuale und strukturelle Elemente zurück, die eine nachhaltige, bewahrende Entwicklung auch in Nichtwelterbestädten fördern und detailliert diese dann in wenige Punkten entsprechend der spezifischen Notwendigkeiten und Erfahrungen in UNESCO-Weltkulturerbestädten. Die welterbespezifischen Notwendigkeiten berühren in metropolen Welterbestädten in erster Linie die nachhaltige \"Sicherung der Qualität von Planungszielen, Maßnahmen und Projekten\" für das (Welt-) Erbegebiet in konfliktfreier Kooperation mit den überlokalen Welterbegremien und ohne Aufgabe der kommunalen Selbstbestimmung sowie die nachhaltige Verankerung des Welterbeschutzgedankens in der lokalen Stadtgesellschaft. Das Leitbild für den Umgang mit dem Welterbe(status) in peripheren Stadtregionen sollte in Ergänzung dazu lauten: Das bauliche (Welt-)Erbe der Stadt ist geschützt und wird genutzt und weiterentwickelt, ohne die ihm spezifischen und schützenswerten Charakteristika zu beeinträchtigen und vor dem Hintergrund eines starken Rückhaltes der Denkmalpflege in der Stadtgesellschaft. Der Welterbestatus wird nachhaltig und erfolgreich genutzt, um soziokulturelle und wirtschaftliche Stabilität bzw. Entwicklungen zu befördern. Im Unterschied zu Welterbestädten im metropolen Raum zielt das Leitbild, neben dem nachhaltigen Schutz des (Welt-)Erbes, folglich auch auf die Nutzung des Welterbelabels für die soziokulturelle und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung bzw. Stabilität der Stadt. Denn sowohl die Handlungsbedarfe in peripheren Welterbestädten, als auch die lokalen Inwertsetzungsabsichten und die theoretisch begründbaren Wirkmöglichkeiten des Welterbestatus sprechen für die Aktivierung der soziokulturellen und wirtschaftlichen Wirkchancen des UNESCO-Welterbelabels. Dabei ist es entscheidend, lokale Strukturen und Prozesse auf- bzw. auszubauen, die nicht nur der Inwertsetzung des UNESCO-Labels dienen, sondern allgemeinhin die sozioökonomische Entwicklung der Stadt fördern. Denn zum einen sind in peripheren Städten die lokalen Handlungsressourcen begrenzt und zum anderen sind den Wirkmöglichkeiten des UNESCO-Titels intrinsische Grenzen gesetzt. Die überlokale Sichtbarkeit des Welterbelabels, die nationale ideelle Mitverantwortung für die lokale Welterbepflege sowie der Zugang zu (inter-)nationalen Welterbenetzwerken definieren letztlich die besondere Chance des Labels für die nachhaltige Entwicklung in peripheren Städten. Der detaillierte Ansatz für den lokalen Umgang mit dem Welterbelabel thematisiert folglich auch, wie diese spezifischen Möglichkeiten nachhaltig genutzt werden könnten. Letztlich liegt in der systematisch differenzierenden Untersuchung zu den Wirkungen verschiedener lokaler Welterbemanagementsysteme weiterer Forschungsbedarf. Es sind Best Practice Beispiele für die nachhaltige (Welt-) Erbepflege und sozioökonomische Welterbelabelnutzung zu identifzieren und kommunizieren, um die Idee des weltweiten Erbes der Menschheit in allen, metropolen wie peripheren Regionen umsetzen zu helfen. Die UNESCO als Träger der Welterbeidee sollte derartige Forschungen verstärkt anstoßen und kommunizieren und damit stärker als bisher ein konstruktiver Partner für die gestaltenden Akteure in Welterbestätten sein. Im Ergebnis ist die Arbeit sowohl ein Beitrag zu aktuellen welterbebezogenen Fachdiskussionen (Welterbemanagement), als auch zu den gegenwärtigen Ziel- (Leitbilddiskussion zur Nachhaltigkeit) und Steuerungsdiskussionen in der Raumentwicklung (Governance, evidenzbasierte Planung).