Urban Notebooks
The e-magazine of the World Heritage Cities Programme features diverse voices on urban heritage, practices, and opinion pieces.
February 2022 Issue 20
Dr. Patricia E. Green is a Jamaican architect, specialist in Historic Urban Landscape, Spanish Settlements in Non-Hispanic Caribbean and Sustainable Urbanism. She reflects on the future of the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape in the Caribbean sub-region in her think-piece "Historic Urban Landscape in the Caribbean and SIDS: Diversity, Scale and Inclusion".
January 2022 Issue 19
Dr. Nobuko Inaba, Professor Emeritus at University of Tsukuba and Special Advisor to the Director General of ICCROM, reflects on community-centred heritage conservation practices in her think-piece "Urban Heritage: What can we do at the closest point to local communities?"
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Dr. Patricia E. Green is a Jamaican architect, specialist in Historic Urban Landscape, Spanish Settlements in Non-Hispanic Caribbean and Sustainable Urbanism. She reflects on the future of the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape in the Caribbean sub-region in her think-piece "Historic Urban Landscape in the Caribbean and SIDS: Diversity, Scale and Inclusion".
Read moreDr. Nobuko Inaba, Professor Emeritus at University of Tsukuba and Special Advisor to the Director General of ICCROM, reflects on community-centred heritage conservation practices in her think-piece "Urban Heritage: What can we do at the closest point to local communities?"
The UNESCO General Conference and other milestones from 2021, looking back at World City Labs with Kyiv, Saint Petersburg and the Netherlands, Jad Tabet on the role of civil society in the reconstruction of Beirut, and other news from ICLEI, the World Urban Forum…
English French EspañolReflections of an expert: Jad Jabet, "The role of civil society in the reconstruction of Beirut"
English French EspañolUNESCO Executive Board, World Cities Day, climate change and World Heritage, key initiatives and events leading up to the COP26, Dr. Christian Ost on the role of heritage in the circular economy and climate change strategies for cities, news from UN-Habitat, the World Bank and more.
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