Facilities: Volume 29 Issue 7/8

World Heritage cities management

Ana Pereira Roders, Ron van Oers

This article aims to introduce the special issue of the journal Facilities on “World Heritage cities management”, together with the respective articles.

Strategies, policies and tools for an integrated World Heritage management approach: Experiences from the city of Regensburg

Matthias Ripp, Uli Eidenschink, Christina Milz

The purpose of this paper is to outline the strategies, policies and tools used in the World Heritage city “Old town of Regensburg/Germany with Stadtamhof” to face specific…

Twenty‐five years of transformations in the historic center of Havana: A case study of the Plaza Vieja

Pablo Fornet Gil

The purpose of this paper is to describe the renovation of one of Havana's most architecturally significant areas – namely, the Plaza Vieja or Old Town Square, whose restoration…

Management and presentation of Chinese sites for UNESCO World Heritage List (UWHL)

Tao Wang, Luca Zan

The purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the main UNESCO sites in China. The cases under study offer some insight into the complexity of the management of Chinese cultural…

The sustainability of management practices in the Old City of Salamanca

Angela Pons, Ana R. Pereira Roders, Molly Turner

The purpose of this paper is to survey the sustainability of management practices followed by local authorities, and their impact on the preservation of World Heritage cities…

The World Heritage site of Ouro Preto

Stael de Alvarenga Pereira Costa, Leonardo Barci Castriota, Marina Salgado

This article presents the current situation of Ouro Preto, the first Brazilian city to be inscribed on the World Heritage List of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific…