Industrial heritage as a catalyst for urban regeneration in post-conflict cities Case study: Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract

Achieving sustainability goals within urban regeneration processes has become essential for our future. This is a particular challenge in post-conflict areas, where among the sustainability factors /economical, ecological and social/, the social one is the least represented, and at the same time the most important one due to the disrupted social structure. In this paper industrial heritage, which is thought to be a heritage category unburdened by issues resulting from a conflict, is discussed as a potential catalyst in conducting a successful socially sustainable urban regeneration in post-conflict contexts. The hypothesis states that endangered industrial heritage sites, due to their societal, historical, architectural, and technological values, present a fruitful base for incorporating sustainability principles and can be seen as a catalyst for urban regeneration of post-conflict areas in the future.