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 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

A SPATIAL DIALOGUE OF HERITAGE VILLAGE BETWEEN KAUMAN IN SEMARANG AND SEOCHON IN SEOUL TOWARD PRESERVATION DEVELOPMENT

Semarang is one of big cities in Indonesia contains of multy ethnics. They traditionally settled down inside a group of villages. Kauman is the cultural heritage of Muslim settlement in Semarang. The peculiarity of local Muslims in Java’s coastline and the strong social cohesion colour the people’s daily life. Seochon in Seoul is a historic area and is the home for more than 670 hanoks. In 2008, Seoul Metropolitan Government issued a conservation plan and recruited a team of architects and academics to observe and investigate Seochon’s condition and discover the possibilities of conservation there. It turned out that Seochon has a great potential for revitalization. Nowadays, Seochon has become a tourism destination having both traditional and contemporary cultural value. This research aims to understand the efforts of preservation done by the government and public participation for the sake of preservation. This research used primary and secondary data and comparative study methods. Seochon village has been successful in developing preservation and preservation placed as the best example. The result of research showed that the conservation and preservation of Kauman needs a workable rules to manage and investigate the potential and resources. The result of this research could be used to any other cases similar to Kauman