摘要
1Introduction 1.1 What is the book a bout?This article provides a review on the new publication of Matthias Ripp titled Meta-model for Heritage-based Urban Development:Enabling SustainableGrowth through Urban Cultural Heritage released by Springer in 2022.The subtitle is an inspirational,hope-giving,new perspective to heritage studies,if one puts aside the growthbased world economic systems towards development.