The concept of integrity, as a factor of sustaining values and significance of cultural heritage, is considered to be a key element in the process of urban heritage conservation. Review and analysis of documents, conventions and theories concerning the role of integrity in urban heritage conservation shows that in recent decades, the concept of integrity has attracted attention worldwide in the...

The values of cultural heritage can be considered as a key word in interventions in conservation of cultural heritage. Nowadays, the role of value in various fields of heritage, especially in architecture heritage, is one of the most important factors that affects the concept of conservation. Along with and related to the concept of value, lies the concept of conservation, one as old as human h...

There are different factors effective in making policies and plans for conservation of cultural heritage in Iran. This paper aims to study and review structural changes of Cultural Heritage Organization of Iran which were made by important cultural, social, political, and economic changes and events of Iran and have a significant role in the process of making policies and plans for conservation...

The international conservation documents are one part of the most consequential achievements of human communities' collaboration in recent 50 years. These documents are the abstract of international experiences as well as demonstrating the increase and evolution of communal knowledge and conception in conservation field. The expansion of new conceptually vocabulary, and also the entrance of nov...

The concept of integrity, as a factor which sustains values and significance of cultural heritage, is regarded as a key criterion in the process of urban heritage conservation and thus, the need for clarification of its factors has been emphasized in the international conventions, documents and scientific papers. Review and analysis of documents, conventions and theories concerning the role ...

The Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) of the city is shaped by several layers of explicit and implicit contextual values ​​that distinguish it from other landscapes. Sustaining these contextual characteristics and values ​​as a whole is made possible by a thorough understanding and putting in place measures to preserve and enhance them. This article, in the absence of methodologies to delineate an...