For 40 years conservation areas have helped to preserve the special character of places - not only at the heart of our historic cities and market towns but in their suburbs and surrounding villages.
*Content*
- Editorial p2
- Conservation areas at 40 p3
- Conservation areas: early history p3
- Truth, falsity and tradition p5
- Celebrating special areas p8
- Conservation areas and the future p10
- Understanding shared places p13
- Conservation areas in China p13
- Approaches to assessing areas p15
- Identifying and understanding local heritage p17
- Protecting landscapes through conservation areas p19
- The economic value of conservation areas p21
- Sustaining local value p24
- Conservation area appraisals p24
- Conservation areas survey p26
- Heritage waterways p28
- Rural conservation areas p30
- Streets for All p32
- Hampstead garden suburb p35
- Catalysts for the future p37
- A creative future for seaside resorts p37
- Bringing redundant government sites back to life p39
- The revitilisation of Marylebone High Street p41
- Changing places p43
- The Regent Quarter, King's Cross p45
- Living sustainably in conservation areas p48
- News p50
- The National Monuments Record p52
- Legal developments p54
- New publications p55
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