Vienna Memorandum on World Heritage and Contemporary Architecture - Managing the Historic Urban Landscape

The city development and growth around historic cities of many countries have been a major problem or the residents and city managers in the contemporary era. This rapid development can become a difficult challenge for city managers since it can be considered a threat to heritage values in case they are not controlled and managed properly. The 27th session of World Heritage Committee in Vienna, the emphasis on the issue of urban sprawl in contemporary era, will affect the landscape of historic cities for ever. In this contract management proposals for conservation of historic urban landscapes and solutions associated with modernization were offered. Therefore, regarding the rapid growth and development of cities especially around the historic and valuable core of the city, considering the proposed approaches of the conference is essential. This article is extracted from Vienna memorandum which is available on the website below: http://whc.unesco.org/archive/2005/whc05- 15ga-inf7e.pdf