Heritage Impact Assessments(HIAs)are progressively needed to investigate potential impacts and outcomes of development on the Outstanding Universal Value(OUV)of world heritage properties.However,many key stakeholders ...Heritage Impact Assessments(HIAs)are progressively needed to investigate potential impacts and outcomes of development on the Outstanding Universal Value(OUV)of world heritage properties.However,many key stakeholders involved in implementing the World Heritage Convention lack the management system,methodological tools,and guidelines to conduct effective impact assessments in areas without these resources.The paper explores the successful utilization of the Heritage Impact Assessment(HIA)tool to address concerns raised by UNESCO and civil society.This occurred when the Punjab government initiated the Orange Line Metro Train Project(OLMT)near the World Heritage Shalimar Garden and other historic monuments in Lahore.The project aimed to meet the daily transportation needs of around 2.5 million commuters.展开更多
Built heritage faces increasing pressures and threats from development and change in the contemporary world,a situation that frequently results in compromise or loss of historic fabric and its associated values....Built heritage faces increasing pressures and threats from development and change in the contemporary world,a situation that frequently results in compromise or loss of historic fabric and its associated values.This paper examines how Heritage Impact Assessment(HIA)methodology specifically addresses and mitigates threats to built heritage within an overall sustainable development framework.The methodology will be explained and examples will be given from across Asia of HIA applications to the urban and rural built environment to illustrate how this can be achieved.These case studies reflect a variety of ways in which development and heritage come into conflict and have been selected to show how versatile and adaptable HIA can be as a tool for finding balance and solutions.HIA is an approach rooted in a balanced and sustainable relationship between‘the needs of the present and future generations and the legacy from the past’(UNESCO 2011).The paper also illuminates some of the basic assumptions on which HIA functions and some of the contradictions that often arise when the methodology is applied to real world problems.展开更多
文摘Heritage Impact Assessments(HIAs)are progressively needed to investigate potential impacts and outcomes of development on the Outstanding Universal Value(OUV)of world heritage properties.However,many key stakeholders involved in implementing the World Heritage Convention lack the management system,methodological tools,and guidelines to conduct effective impact assessments in areas without these resources.The paper explores the successful utilization of the Heritage Impact Assessment(HIA)tool to address concerns raised by UNESCO and civil society.This occurred when the Punjab government initiated the Orange Line Metro Train Project(OLMT)near the World Heritage Shalimar Garden and other historic monuments in Lahore.The project aimed to meet the daily transportation needs of around 2.5 million commuters.
文摘Built heritage faces increasing pressures and threats from development and change in the contemporary world,a situation that frequently results in compromise or loss of historic fabric and its associated values.This paper examines how Heritage Impact Assessment(HIA)methodology specifically addresses and mitigates threats to built heritage within an overall sustainable development framework.The methodology will be explained and examples will be given from across Asia of HIA applications to the urban and rural built environment to illustrate how this can be achieved.These case studies reflect a variety of ways in which development and heritage come into conflict and have been selected to show how versatile and adaptable HIA can be as a tool for finding balance and solutions.HIA is an approach rooted in a balanced and sustainable relationship between‘the needs of the present and future generations and the legacy from the past’(UNESCO 2011).The paper also illuminates some of the basic assumptions on which HIA functions and some of the contradictions that often arise when the methodology is applied to real world problems.
