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World Heritage Cities Programme

Submitted by james on 05/02/2009
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Protecting and conserving urban heritage sites in rapidly changing urban centers
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http://whc.unesco.org/en/cities

Adopted by the United Nations in 2005, the UNESCO World Heritage Cities Program is the first UN initiative specifically established for the conservation of urban heritage site, including, not just buildings, statues, and parks, but entire landscapes.  It takes a major step forward in recognizing "historic urban landscape" and "inherited townscape" as valuable assets, and provides resources, guidelines, and conference opportunities for city planners to encourage development without compromising historic character and identity.

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World Heritage Cities Programme was established to assist States Parties in their efforts to protect and conserve their urban heritage. As cities have a constant need for upgrading or further development of infrastructure, housing and services, the World Heritage Cities Programme aims to address the permanent challenge of how to accommodate the needs for modernization and investment in historic cities and city centres without compromising historic character and identity.

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<p>R.Vanoers@unesco.org</p>

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