Cultural Heritage, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and the New Urban Agenda

February 2016

By: Jeffrey Soule, US/ICOMOS

https://www.usicomos.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Final-Concept-Note.pdf
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Historic Preservation

This briefing paper highlights the role that cultural heritage preservation can have in making urban areas more sustainable in an international context. It is a response to the 2015 Millennium Development Goals and Target 11.4 in the U.N.’s sustainable development goals. The paper lists contemporary issues in urban heritage conservation and responds to misconceptions.