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From Burden to Resource: Uses of Industrial Heritage in East-Central Europe

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Abstract

As a result of the series of political, social, and economic changes that took place in East-Central Europe some more than thirty years ago, the region was left with a legacy of many redundant industrial sites. Several waves of deindustrialization have led to the present landscape where once prosperous industrial sites and buildings lack a proper function that would benefit the local communities and the national economy. The burden of this is well-known to all European countries, but due to their shared past in the Soviet block and their present EU membership, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia – the so-called Visegrad Group countries – are facing a situation that is similar in many respects.This collection of papers presents the results of the international project “From Burden to Resource: Industrial Heritage in Central-Eastern Europe.” The authors – experts focusing on the preservation and reuse of industrial heritage from the Visegrad Group countries – were brought together with the aim to address challenges specific to the region and the gap that exists here between heritage specialists focusing on heritage assets and policymakers and developers in urban planning focusing on social and economic development. The seven papers tackle various aspects of the conceptualization and management of industrial heritage in the Visegrad Group countries against the background of European and global trends. The authors offer an overview of the practice of protection and reuse of industrial heritage in the region, identify common problems rooted in the shared character of the structural changes, and present case studies that demonstrate that the heritage of the industrial era has the potential to be a resource for local identities, sustainable urban development, and to address the big challenges of the twenty-first century.


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Editor(s): Mérai D, Sidó Zs, Szemző H, Kulikov V

Publication type: Edited Book

Publication status: Published

Series Title:

Year: 2021

Number of Pages: 48

Acceptance date: 16/01/2021

Publisher: Archaeolingua

Place Published: Budapest

URL: https://www.archaeolingua.hu/book/burden-resource-uses-industrial-heritage-east-central-europe

Library holdings: Search Newcastle University Library for this item

ISBN: 9786155766527


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