The document discusses developing integrated strategies for regenerating historic neighborhoods. It identifies key challenges: safeguarding cultural heritage and visual integrity while keeping neighborhoods multifunctional and balancing stakeholder demands. The HerO approach links safeguarding cultural heritage with sustainable development through an integrated strategy involving stakeholders. The conclusion emphasizes combining heritage protection with neighborhood development through identifying challenges, developing objectives and actions, and stakeholder involvement.
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Developing integrated strategies for historic neighbourhoods (conference in Larnaca, 08.02.2011)
1. 1st Study Visit of Sure network, Larnaca, Cyprus
Developing integrated strategies for the
regeneration of historic neighbourhoods
Nils Scheffler
scheffler@urbanexpert.net
2. Content
1. Challenges for the development
of historic neighbourhoods
2. HerO approach:
Integrated strategies for
historic neighbourhoods
3. Conclusion
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3. Challenges for the development
of historic neighbourhoods
1. Safeguarding the cultural heritage and
the visual integrity of the neighbourhood
2. Keeping a multifunctional neighbourhood
“for all”
3. Balancing the demands and needs placed
on the neighbourhood
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4. Challenges for the development
of historic neighbourhoods
1. Safeguarding the cultural heritage and
the visual integrity of the neighbourhood
a) Interest of protection vs.
interests of utilisation and exploitation;
- Awareness raising
- Design guides
- Offering alternatives
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5. Challenges for the development
of historic neighbourhoods
1. Safeguarding the cultural heritage and
the visual integrity of the neighbourhood
b) Lack of resources and knowledge
of property owners;
- Information material and contact person
- Funds for the proper rehabilitation
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6. Challenges for the development
of historic neighbourhoods
1. Safeguarding the cultural heritage and
the visual integrity of the neighbourhood
c) Lack of adequate instruments and structures
of public administration;
- Requirements, bans and rules
- Economic incentives
- Public relation and awareness raising
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7. Challenges for the development
of historic neighbourhoods
2. Keeping a multifunctional neighbourhood
“for all”
a) Replacement of functions
b) Frictions between functions
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8. Challenges for the development
of historic neighbourhoods
3. Balancing the demands and needs placed
on historic neighbourhoods
a) Different, partly conflicting demands by the
multitude of stakeholders
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9. Challenges for the development
of historic neighbourhoods
Tourism
It can
a) lead to the erosion or destruction of cultural
heritage
b) undermine both the sense of place and
cultural identity
c) create changes in the social fabric and loss of
diversity
d) endanger the local economy by fostering
overdependence
e) led to haphazard and unplanned
developments
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10. HerO approach: Integrated strategies
for historic neighbourhoods
Contribution
to Safeguarding
safeguarding Cultural Heritage
structures vision
demands
interests
actions objectives
Link the safeguarding of the cultural heritage
Management of
with the sustainable development of the area!
demands + interests
objectives actions
interests
vision demands structures Contribution to
sustainable
Integrated approach! Attractive development
multifunctional
Management approach!
historic urban areas
Participative approach!
Target and implementation network in Larnaca | 8
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oriented approach!
11. Conclusion
Developing a historic neighbourhood
1. Combine the safeguarding of the cultural heritage
with the sustainable development of the historic
neighbourhood;
2. Identify the key challenges and opportunities
of the area and the key needs of the stakeholders
and the cultural heritage;
3. Develop an integrated strategy with concrete
objectives, actions and management structures, which
- coordinates the challenges, opportunities and needs
- links the cultural heritage with related sector fields;
4. Involve the relevant stakeholders
in the development process;
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12. Questions?
Nils Scheffler
scheffler@urbanexpert.net