- Paperback: 360 pages
- Publisher: MIT Press (26 Feb 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0262531615
- ISBN-13: 978-0262531610
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 21.6 x 3.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 936,285 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In cities around the world, urban culture is threatened as commercial pressures overwhelm concerns for architectural integrity. Recognizing that isolated efforts at architectural renovation do not automatically restore the historic integrity of cities, planners are now seeking new methods and tools to save the structure and history of cities. In this book, Nahoum Cohen establishes the emerging discipline of urban conservation as crucial to the future of urban planning and to the survival of cities into the 21st century. The author examines such cities as Athens, Budapest, Istanbul, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Paris, Rome, San Francisco, Sofia, Tel Aviv and Vienna, as well as Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and European archaeological sites. He shows how preservation is the direct result of urban conservation and how it is enhanced by in-depth knowledge of city structure and history.
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The first comprehensive presentation of urban conservation
25 Feb 2006
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MacGraw Hill has recently published in Chinese the study "Urban Conservation" by Israeli Architect and Town Planner Nahoum Cohen. The book was originally published by The MIT Press (Mass. Inst. Of Technology in 1998 and a second print was published by MacGraw Hill a couple of years ago. The book establishes urban conservation as a crucial force for the future of urban planning and a source of survival strategies for cities. It seems to be the first comprehensive presentation of the wide range of issues in urban conservation. The book refers to a large number of European and Middle Eastern cities and analyses the issues with the help of many illustrations, photos and maps. It takes the reader methodologically from the principles of conservation thru archeology, urban elements, nature etc. It will be a challenge to Chinese professionals to integrate such a western cultural concepts into their thinking and work ---Ronnie Dissentshik, Arts Management Network
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