The Status of Urban Heritage Conservation: Competency of Local Government in the Western Cape Province
The National Heritage Resources Act was promulgated in the efforts of establishing effective conservation principles that would meet the needs of all South Africans. The Act makes provision for each level of government to have authority over its respective heritage resources. Donaldson (2005) antici...
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| description | The National Heritage Resources Act was promulgated in the efforts of establishing effective conservation principles that would meet the needs of all South Africans. The Act makes provision for each level of government to have authority over its respective heritage resources. Donaldson (2005) anticipated that the acting authority in the Western Cape province, Heritage Western Cape, was likely to come under pressure soon. This was owing to the fact of increasing heritage resources (the phenomenon of aging) and that the Provincial Heritage Resources Authority oversaw both Grade II and III heritage resources since no local municipality was deemed fully competent. This research aimed to assess the capacity and competency of local government in the field of built heritage conservation of non-metropolitan municipalities in the Western Cape, South Africa. A qualitative research method was implemented in the form of a questionnaire with informal interviews to assist in the explorative nature of this paper. By mapping and recording the current state of heritage conservation practices in the province, it was found that two local municipalities were deemed competent, while several others had made strides towards conserving local heritage resources. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c8d16058bf034666bd2a4218befe47be2024-03-25T09:44:06ZengPublikonModern Geográfia2062-16552024-06-0119232410.15170/MG.2024.19.02.02The Status of Urban Heritage Conservation: Competency of Local Government in the Western Cape ProvinceBuchanan, Lauren0Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Stellenbosch UniversityThe National Heritage Resources Act was promulgated in the efforts of establishing effective conservation principles that would meet the needs of all South Africans. The Act makes provision for each level of government to have authority over its respective heritage resources. Donaldson (2005) anticipated that the acting authority in the Western Cape province, Heritage Western Cape, was likely to come under pressure soon. This was owing to the fact of increasing heritage resources (the phenomenon of aging) and that the Provincial Heritage Resources Authority oversaw both Grade II and III heritage resources since no local municipality was deemed fully competent. This research aimed to assess the capacity and competency of local government in the field of built heritage conservation of non-metropolitan municipalities in the Western Cape, South Africa. A qualitative research method was implemented in the form of a questionnaire with informal interviews to assist in the explorative nature of this paper. By mapping and recording the current state of heritage conservation practices in the province, it was found that two local municipalities were deemed competent, while several others had made strides towards conserving local heritage resources.https://moderngeografia.eu/en/the-status-of-urban-heritage-conservation-competency-of-local-government-in-the-western-cape-province-2/built heritageheritage competencyheritage conservationheritage resourcelocal municipality |
| spellingShingle | Buchanan, Lauren The Status of Urban Heritage Conservation: Competency of Local Government in the Western Cape Province Modern Geográfia built heritage heritage competency heritage conservation heritage resource local municipality |
| title | The Status of Urban Heritage Conservation: Competency of Local Government in the Western Cape Province |
| title_full | The Status of Urban Heritage Conservation: Competency of Local Government in the Western Cape Province |
| title_fullStr | The Status of Urban Heritage Conservation: Competency of Local Government in the Western Cape Province |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Status of Urban Heritage Conservation: Competency of Local Government in the Western Cape Province |
| title_short | The Status of Urban Heritage Conservation: Competency of Local Government in the Western Cape Province |
| title_sort | status of urban heritage conservation competency of local government in the western cape province |
| topic | built heritage heritage competency heritage conservation heritage resource local municipality |
| url | https://moderngeografia.eu/en/the-status-of-urban-heritage-conservation-competency-of-local-government-in-the-western-cape-province-2/ |
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