SUSTAINABLE CONSERVATION OF HERITAGE AREAS

(Urban, Heritage, Branding, and Tourism)

Conference Themes

1. Sustainable Urban Development Strategies for Heritage Sites (national and city scale)

  • – Preservation & Conservation of Historic Areas.
  • – Historic sites: Issues in Urban Conservation.
  • – Urban Spaces, Society, and its Culture.
  • – Waterfronts Planning preserving the Community Memory.
  • – Deterioration of surrounding areas.

2. Urban Changes and Transformations of Heritage Areas

  • – Urban Transformations surrounding the Heritage Areas.
  • – The Impact of Economic / Social and climatic and technology.
  • – The Flexibility of the Urban Environment for Heritage environment.
  • – Greening the Heritage Areas.
  • – The Impact of the Transformations of Informal Areas on the Heritage Areas.

3. Heritage Development projects Case study

  • – Heritage Development projects: Case study
  • – Sustainable Building and materials technology for preserving Heritage Buildings.
  • – Survey and monitoring techniques.
  • – Sustainable Conservation and Quality of Life.
  • – Awareness of Heritage Rehabilitation Projects.
  • – Community Involvement Framework for Sustainable Urban Conservation.

4. Conservation Management

  • – Technological Solutions for Managing Historic Sites / Sustainable Tourism.
  • – New technologies of Digital Documentation and Mapping of Heritage Sites.
  • – Smart Developments of Cultural Tourism on Heritage Sites.
  • – Risk Management and Mitigation.
  • – Science applications in the preservation of Heritage buildings.
  • – Management and financing, / Stakeholders and Participation.

5. Different sites along a route: a scenario

a-The Holy Family Trail

  • – Upgrading, Developing the Holy Family Trail (Branding).
  • – Sustainable Solutions in Developing the Holy Trail learning from best Practices.
  • – Developing the Infrastructure and Services around different Sites along the Trail.
  • – Community Needs Assessment and Community Profile.
  • – Deterioration of surrounding areas.

b-The Historical sites along the Nile River cruise

  • – Visual Image Preservation along the Nile (Branding).
  • – Modern Conservation Principals and their Application in waterfronts.
  • – Ecological Riverfront Design.
  • – Best Practices for River, Tourism, Cruises and Recreational Activities.
  • – Protecting Riverbanks and Islands.