The impact of heritage investment on public attitudes to place: evidence from the Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI)
This paper is concerned with public perceptions and attitudes to heritage townscapes, and how these might be influenced by investment in such places, focused on their public realm, and building restoration and improvement as a catalyst for urban regeneration. It draws on a ten-year study of the impa...
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| description | This paper is concerned with public perceptions and attitudes to heritage townscapes, and how these might be influenced by investment in such places, focused on their public realm, and building restoration and improvement as a catalyst for urban regeneration. It draws on a ten-year study of the impact of the Townscape Heritage Initiative, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, on a sample of 16 cases across the UK. By comparing an analysis of changes in townscape quality over this period, with changes in public perceptions (captured through the use of a household survey in all 16 cases at three points in the ten-year period), it draws empirically grounded conclusions about the influence of heritage investment on attitudes and perceptions to the quality of the local environment. The findings from the research suggests that public attitudes are positively influenced by programmes of investment in the built heritage, but that this influence is complex and is not as robust as the physical regeneration itself. The paper also reflects on the relative influence of the post-2008 economic recession on public attitudes to place compared with the influence of heritage investment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d02e32d552754378844c95ceb99399df2022-12-21T18:43:33ZengTaylor & Francis GroupUrban, Planning and Transport Research2165-00202014-01-012128931110.1080/21650020.2014.893199893199The impact of heritage investment on public attitudes to place: evidence from the Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI)Alan Reeve0Robert Shipley1Oxford Brookes UniversitySchool of Planning, Director Heritage Resources Center, University of WaterlooThis paper is concerned with public perceptions and attitudes to heritage townscapes, and how these might be influenced by investment in such places, focused on their public realm, and building restoration and improvement as a catalyst for urban regeneration. It draws on a ten-year study of the impact of the Townscape Heritage Initiative, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, on a sample of 16 cases across the UK. By comparing an analysis of changes in townscape quality over this period, with changes in public perceptions (captured through the use of a household survey in all 16 cases at three points in the ten-year period), it draws empirically grounded conclusions about the influence of heritage investment on attitudes and perceptions to the quality of the local environment. The findings from the research suggests that public attitudes are positively influenced by programmes of investment in the built heritage, but that this influence is complex and is not as robust as the physical regeneration itself. The paper also reflects on the relative influence of the post-2008 economic recession on public attitudes to place compared with the influence of heritage investment.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21650020.2014.893199townscapepublic attitudeshistoric conservation |
| spellingShingle | Alan Reeve Robert Shipley The impact of heritage investment on public attitudes to place: evidence from the Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) Urban, Planning and Transport Research townscape public attitudes historic conservation |
| title | The impact of heritage investment on public attitudes to place: evidence from the Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) |
| title_full | The impact of heritage investment on public attitudes to place: evidence from the Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) |
| title_fullStr | The impact of heritage investment on public attitudes to place: evidence from the Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of heritage investment on public attitudes to place: evidence from the Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) |
| title_short | The impact of heritage investment on public attitudes to place: evidence from the Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) |
| title_sort | impact of heritage investment on public attitudes to place evidence from the townscape heritage initiative thi |
| topic | townscape public attitudes historic conservation |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21650020.2014.893199 |
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