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Heritage-Based Urban Development
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Matthias Ripp
Matthias Ripp
Dr. Matthias Ripp, a senior heritage manager with a background of historical geography, is the Town [...]
Dr. Matthias Ripp, a senior heritage manager with a background of historical geography, is coordinating the “Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof” site. He is active in numerous networks such as Heritage Europe and ICOMOS. He coordinated the EU HerO (Heritage as Opportunity) project and chairs the UNESCO World Heritage working group on historic city centres of the German Association of Cities. Since November 2011, he has been the regional coordinator of the North West European and North-American region of the Organisation of World Heritage Cities (OWHC), and he is currently teaching at different universities and works as a trainer, facilitator, consultant and coach. As a consultant, he supports the European Commission, several state parties, ministries and entities like the Getty Conservation Institute. In the 2023-2025 period, he will serve as an adjunct professor at Woxsen University.
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Jonquille Clifford
Jonquille Clifford
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Organisation of World Heritage Cities, Rathausplatz 4, 93047 Regensburg, Germany
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Independent Researcher, 24600 Allemans, France
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Encyclopedia 2025, 5(2), 82; https://doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia5020082 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 27 March 2025
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Revised: 22 May 2025
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Accepted: 30 May 2025
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Published: 13 June 2025
Definition
Definition: The purpose of this entry is to introduce the concept of Heritage-based Urban Development and explain its evolution and implications for historic urban landscapes. The term Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) refers to an integrated understanding of historic cities that goes beyond individual monuments or architectural ensembles to encompass the broader spatial, cultural, and functional relationships within the urban fabric. It reflects a shift toward viewing historic areas as dynamic systems with a role in sustainable development. Heritage-based urban development refers to development approaches that take urban heritage—typically within historic urban landscapes—as the starting point, valuing these landscapes in all their specificities, processes, and cultural meanings as resources to be embraced rather than obstacles to be overcome.
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Ripp, M.; Clifford, J.
Heritage-Based Urban Development. Encyclopedia 2025, 5, 82.
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Heritage-Based Urban Development. Encyclopedia. 2025; 5(2):82.
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2025. "Heritage-Based Urban Development" Encyclopedia 5, no. 2: 82.
https://doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia5020082
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(2025). Heritage-Based Urban Development. Encyclopedia, 5(2), 82.
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