Abstract
The background of this thesis is that Italy’s large cultural heritage overlaps extensively with urban constructions. Research and practice on this issue have achieved successful results and examples worth learning from. This study contains a systematic review of the development process of Italian urban cultural heritage conservation, and a brief description of the historical urban landscape (HUL) concept and method, and the notion of “regeneration” under the premise of inserting “dynamic”, “activation” and “sustainability” in heritage conservation. The research method of this paper is to analyze several successful cases of Italian cultural heritage regeneration, three strategies of Italian landscape heritage regeneration under the HUL theory were summarized: “landscape” layering of urban and historic elements under the strategy of connecting sections; “activating” the historical landscapes using heritage as the catalyst; driving the sustainable use of historic urban landscapes with the power of community. In addition, Facing many problems of Chinese cultural heritage，three important points are provided for the development of HUL regeneration strategies dealing with urban sprawl in China including focusing on the historical and cultural “layering”, establishing a multi-criteria assessment system about heritage and promoting public participation as a long term driving force of urban renovation.
Highlights
As “dynamic”, “activation” and “sustainability” became the keywords acknowledged by the field of heritage conservation, the conceptual content of Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) has undergone a transformation from theoretical research to a summary of practical approach [4], which mainly consists of two parts: 1) as the object being conserved; 2) as the conservation approach
In the process of modern transformation, Italy’s cultural heritage conservation strategy has been constantly adjusted and updated, so that it can respond to social issues, conform to economic trends, and coordinate the contradictions between the old and new environments
The landscape vision is helpful for establishing connections among historic layers, building smart historic communities, establishing multiple cultural value assessment standards, and community participation, in achieving the sustainability of heritage conservation
Summary
Ranks in the forefront of the world in terms of the scale and quantity of cultural heritages. After a hundred years of exploration and experimentation on the protection of historical towns, these densely scattered immovable heritages, planar historic settlements and modern cities are blended in an organic way. 2) After World War II, due to the eagerness to restore the cities destroyed by the war, the blind pursuit of an economic-oriented urban reconstruction plan led to serious damage to the local historic landscape and traditional buildings in Italy. The regeneration of historic landscapes was emphasized upon the accumulation of traditional practices in conservation and restoration This spurred Italian conservers to think outside of the single-disciplinary framework, re-examine the social and humanistic connotations of urban tangible heritages in the multiple contexts of urban development, and establish a comprehensive strategy for historic urban landscape regeneration that integrates legislation, economics, policy making, and scientific research
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