topic overview
term:
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cultural heritage, conservation and management of ~
theme: Aimsdefinition:
"The cultural heritage of Europe -from the cultural landscapes of the rural areas to the historic town centres - is the expression of ist identity and of its world-wide importance (...) Europe's cultural heritage not only consists of individual historic buildings and archeologic sites. The different lifestyles of inhabitants of European towns and cities have to be viewed in their entity, as part of the cultural heritage."
source:European Spatial Development Perspective – Towards Balanced and Sustainable Development of the Territory of the EU, sections: “Introduction” and “Contents”, p. 38
download document:ESDP 1999.pdf (8 MB)
http://www.europa.eu.int (PDF 8 MB)
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