Urban Waterfronts and Cultural Heritage. New Perspectives and Opportunities

Urban waterfronts have been a matter of much debate and some misunderstanding over the past decades. Nowadays, urban waterfronts have change the pattern of regeneration paying more attention to the environmental issues, to the preservation of historic character and reuse of old buildings, to the recreation and wellbeing. How do we preserve culture heritage of urban waterfronts while developing the sustainable change? How can we manage historic environment to respond to an active urban change? How can we involve local people and actors to the process of managing urban waterfront’s change? Urban Waterfront and Cultural Heritage. New perspectives and opportunities book tried to give some answers in these questions. The book is divided into three parts:Part One - Historic Environment and Waterfront Challenges provides an overview for regeneration of built and historic environment A mayor awareness on managing and developing historic waterfronts should be established. Part Two - Waterfronts and Industrial Heritage argues on industrial waterfronts that in the past played an important role for the city and its people. Such places and their own distinctive character need to be preserved, re-used to achieve sustainable transformation. Part Three - Waterfront Design Studio and Architectural Education shows the importance of architectural education on designing historic waterfronts in terms of good planning and design that helps to support sustainable lifestyles and activities.