CAHRISMA “Conservation of the Acoustical Heritage by the Revival and Identification of Sinan’s Mosque’s Acoustics”, research project carried on within the Fifth Framework INCO-MED Programme of the European Commission, is designed by the goal to innovate the acoustical heritage concept in the field of architectural conservation. The main objectives of this research are identification, revival an...

The historic cities of Brazil, despite its colonial structure, don't fail to go through transformations that affect contemporary cities, which is the main source of problems, leading to new approaches to urban issues such as mobility and accessibility. The uncontrolled growth of tourism in the historic cities can be considered as a big problem, because at the same time, they have committed to t...

A UNESCO project, Support for the Preparation for the World Heritage Serial Nomination of the Silk Roads in South Asia, afforded the opportunity to research evidence for Silk Roads exchange in South Asia. The first part of the paper explores the challenges of archaeology in the Kingdom of Bhutan, located on the southern slopes of the eastern Himalayas. GIS-based approaches to model earlier sett...

Traditional conservation efforts did not improve the conditions in most historic urban centers of Arab cities. The internationally adopted shift grants better vitality and sustainability for these areas. This study investigates existing trends forthcoming changes their implication on historical centers. Urban Heritage Conservation UHC were reviewed, parameters defined, quality aspects successfu...

Physical and intellectual access to heritage is shaped by conservation through a longterm, cyclic and symbiotic relationship of representation and intervention (or lack of it). This informs future use and representation. Value (which may be assigned for different reasons) makes heritage. All heritage is valued for varied reasons. Some argue that heritage has inherent value; this is not covered ...