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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Heritage Significance"”.
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Authenticity and the perceptions of significance : examining Rust-en-Vrede in Durbanville, South Africa
This dissertation examines the heritage significance of Rust-en-Vrede as a structure with little surviving building fabric from its earliest years, but a rich history of four diverse uses since circa 1808. It is located in Durbanville to the north of Cape Town, an area which has changed over the …
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Township churches as heritage: The case of Langa, Cape Town
This study investigates the perceived heritage significance of township churches. This is done by means of a case study which focuses on early churches in Langa, particularly the Wesleyan Methodist and the African Methodist Episcopal churches. The hypothesis is that heritage values are attached to …
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The ties that bind : the past in the present, linking the Pretoria inner city with its natural context
… for rejuvenation. Some of which consist of heritage buildings which form important tangible links with the history of the city. The integration of such buildings with the city is crucial for sustainable development and for the appreciation of the past within the present. The project looks at …
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The FACTory: Unearthing the forgotten industry of Cape Town
… associated with the industrial past, and the heritage significance thereof. It is the documentation of the tangible and intangible. It is the reason a new construction method can have both material and memory value. It is a lesson that can be applied to architectural projects. Cape Town has a …
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District 1: Mapping memories of an erased space in a transforming post-apartheid city
… of Cape Town in South Africa, to establish the heritage value of the area and how it can be safeguarded. The area was desecrated because of the Group Areas Act, with a large portion of the historic urban landscape demolished and the community displaced to various parts of the Cape Flats1 . …
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Corbelled Buildings as heritage resources: in the Karoo, South Africa
… the corbelled buildings in the Karoo as their heritage and why. Through the use of vernacular architecture and heritage identification theory, interviews and research it is clear that the buildings are significant and a heritage resource. Their significance lies in their historical, social, …
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Enhancing Cultural Heritage in an Impact Assessment Process: Analysis of Experiences from the UK World Heritage Sites
This three-year PhD study looks at heritage performance in impact assessment (IA) practices, analysing the urban planning context and management experiences of selected urban World Heritage (WH) sites in the UK. The research develops recommendations for assessing the impact of plans, programmes and …
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FOURTH SPACE: Sonic & /aural dimensions of Cape Town's historic urban landscape
… known as the City Bowl, this thesis examines the significance of historic city soundscapes that give shape to its urban heritage. At the levels of international, national, and local governance and in policy documentation, little attention is given to the ‘immaterial', with sound especially not …
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Colonial architecture as heritage: German colonial architecture in post-colonial Windhoek
… these buildings are inadequately protected as heritage – and whether they are, in fact, considered to be heritage. The study explores the issues pertaining to the presence of German colonial architecture, as artefacts of the German colonial period, within the postcolonial context of Windhoek. …
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The adaptive capacity of the management of cultural heritage sites to climate change
… adaptive capacity in the field of cultural heritage management. Climatic changes have potentially serious implications for the historic environment, which is itself a non-renewable resource. Cultural heritage sites can be particularly sensitive to severe weather events and to changes in …
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The effects of commodification on cultural significance: two African fortifications
… The commodification of national and world heritage, primarily within the context of cultural tourism, is the process by which tangible and intangible heritage are transformed into cultural commodities to be bought, sold and profited from in the heritage and tourism industry. The perception, …
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Exploration of community perspectives towards Georgenholtz mission station as a heritage resource
… the same time, the focus of researchers in the heritage conservation fields has been on the physical condition of heritage properties, where the intention was to arrest deterioration of material. While there is a change in thinking in the heritage field to take into consideration the involvement …
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Chinese culture, tourism and a television series: Grand View Gardens, Beijing
… but it is also a site with profound cultural and heritage significance. This thesis attempts to examine and compare four relevant stakeholders’ attitudes to the Garden and their suggestions for the Garden’s future development. Within the film tourism research area, existing research studies mainly …