Objective

Historical towns in the CADSES area are facing due to a rapid social and economical transformation process an accumulation of economical, social and ecological problems. The main objective of Hist.Urban is to strengthen small and medium sized historical towns, using the built-cultural heritage as a development factor for an integrative, sustainable urban development. The actions and networking within Hist.Urban are supposed to

Shopping street in Wismar

• strengthen the urban economy and social and ecological functions and qualities in the project partner towns,
• rehabilitate and valorise the built-cultural heritage,
• improve the capacity of local and regional professionals as decision-makers to apply integrated and implementation-orientated revitalisation approaches and instruments and
• sensitise the project partners and a wider professional public for the value of the built-cultural heritage as a development factor and element of cultural identity.

Results

Hist.Urban strives to

• develop and implement integrated and practice-orientated revitalisation approaches and instruments (concepts, plans, studies, guidelines, pilot projects, processes), combining the urban development with the promotion of the built-cultural heritage;
  
• mobilise local actors, essential for the implementation of urban renewal measures, in particular private actors, to coordinate, promote and facilitate the implementation of future investments;
• exchange experiences, transfer know-how and network together, assisting the project partners in their (future) revitalisation attempts;
• elaborate a base-line-study and a transnational manual serving as a guideline for integrated and practice-orientated revitalisation approaches and actions for historical towns, giving advice to interested parties.

Kick-Off Conference in Plzen

Thus, the project will contribute to strengthen the urban functions, economies and qualities of the participating cities and promote an integrated sustainable urban renewal and polycentric urban settlement structure in the CADSES area, using the built-cultural heritage . Another effect will be the improvement of the capacity of local and regional professionals and decision makers concerning the integrated revitalisation of historical towns.