Urban Landscape Transformation vs. Heritage

Overview & Synopsis

This Special Issue on “Urban Landscape Transformation vs. Heritage” is a reprint of 16 papers published in Land, with the aim to rethink cultural and natural heritage in the urban transformation context. It gathers diverse case studies and spatial disciplines from around the world, showing the interdisciplinary character of heritage issues linking landscape architecture, urban and landscape planning, urban design, civil engineering, architecture, sociology, geography, management, arts, and art history. Shared values are integrated into multiple historical layers observed as a results of complex transformation processes at all scales, from building to cities and beyond.