Valuing Historic Environments

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Valuing Historic Environments is written by Lisanne Gibson and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1317002644 (ISBN 10) and 9781317002642 (ISBN 13).

This volume brings together an interdisciplinary team of leading scholars to discuss frameworks of value in relation to the preservation of historic environments. Starting from the premise that heritage values are culturally and historically constructed, the book examines the effects of pluralist frameworks of value on how preservation is conceived. It questions the social and economic consequences of constructions of value and how to balance a responsive, democratic conception of heritage with the pressure to deliver on social and economic objectives. It also describes the practicalities of managing the uncertainty and fluidity of the widely varying conceptions of heritage.