Final conference
Verona
Verona
 

Final Conference of Hist.Urban:
Integrated revitalization of historic towns to promote a polycentric and sustainable development

Date: 21.-22.04.2008 Venue: Palazzo della Gran Guardia, Piazza Bra, Verona, Italy

The final conference was the climax of the two years EU project „Hist.Urban: Integrated revitalisation of small and medium sized historic towns to promote polycentric and sustainable urban development”. 100 representatives from cities, regional bodies and research institutes came together to present and discuss the results of this successful project and to adopt the “European Declaration for integrated revitalisation of historic towns ”, calling local, regional, national and European decision makers to support the efforts for realising integrated strategies for a sustainable and future-oriented development of historic cities and towns.

Download the documentation of the 'Final Conference' to have a summary on the presentations and outcomes of the conference. All presentations can be downloaded individually as well.

Documentation 'Final Conference' Hist.Urban (pdf) 1.53 Mb

 

Session 1: Small and Medium Sized Historic Towns: Importance and Challenges

Importance and Challenges of Small and Medium Sized Historic Towns
Dr. Erika Nagy,Centre for Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

(pps) 4.91 Mb

Session 2: Hist.Urban: Integrated Revitalisation of small and medium sized historic towns: Results and Recommendations

The Project Hist.Urban: Aims, Structure, Results: Overview
Nils Scheffler, Thematic Coordinator of Hist.Urban (DSK) 
(pps) 4.06 Mb

Vital town centres: Good-practice from Regensburg
Alfred Helbrich, Municipality of Regensburg

(pdf) 1.88 Mb 
Vital town centres: Good-practice from Oradea
Laurentiu Droj, Municipality of Oradea
(pps) 7.12 Mb
Combining needs of built-cultural heritage and future proof urban development: Good-practice from Graz
Eva-Maria Benedikt, Municipality of Graz
(pps) 7.02 Mb 
Combining needs of built-cultural heritage and future proof urban development: Good-practice from Sopot
Marzena Mikolajczyk, Municipality of Sopot
(pps) 1.78 Mb
Integrated revitalisation processes: Good-practice from Faenza
Giuliano Borghi, Municipality of Faenza
(pps) 337.50 Kb
Integrated revitalisation processes: Good-practice from Plzen
Lenka Fischerova, Urban Planning and Development Institute of City of Plzen
(pps) 2.14 Mb
MAVGIS: A new way to experience the City
Arnaldo Vecchietti, Municipality of Verona
(pps) 2.39 Mb
Recommendations for an integrated revitalisation of historic towns
Dr. Dagmar Tille, Jan Prömmel, IRS Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning
(pps) 1.72 Mb
The Future of Small and Medium Sized Historic Towns
Dr. Guntram Geser, Salzburg Research
(pdf) 1.65 Mb

 

Session 3: Small and medium sized historic towns:Policies and Actions

EU policies and actions: The Urban dimension of EU cohesion Policy
Dr. Alexander Ferstl, EU Commission, DG Region

(pps) 2.99 Mb 

The "European Town" and "Integrated Revitalisation" in the context of territorial cohesion
Dr. Welf Selke, German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs

(pps) 2.29 Mb

  

Steering group seesion

Payment claim and financial report
Lars Porschatis, German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development

(pps) 212.00 Kb

Progress and Final Report
Nils Scheffler, DSK German City and Property Development Company

(pps) 167.00 Kb
Dissemination of Results
Petra Schwarz
, German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development
(pps) 165.50 Kb

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