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This project is funded by the European Union CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR OLD BASRA Analysing Challenges, Issues and Opportunities Consultation Workshop Basra 23-24 March 2016 CULTURAL HERITAGE AT RISK Historic cities stand as

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CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR OLD BASRA

Analysing Challenges, Issues and Opportunities

Consultation Workshop Basra 23-24 March 2016

This project is funded by the European Union

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CULTURAL HERITAGE AT RISK

Historic cities stand as

witnesses of our past

Source of reference and

identity for communities

Encompassing non only

landmark monuments but also old quarters, traditional marketplaces, characteristic street fronts, historic gardens and cultural landscapes.

Fez, Morocco

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CULTURAL HERITAGE AT RISK

Part of a living organism – the city – growing, decaying, transforming:

Shifting economic activities
Physical deterioration
Administrative and political

neglect

Stone Town, Zanzibar

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CULTURAL HERITAGE AT RISK

Cairo, Egypt

Real estate pressure
Unprecedented access

and mobility needs

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CULTURAL HERITAGE AT RISK

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Infrastructure decay
Population changes as

wealthy home owners move out and poor tenants move in

Delicate social and

economic relationships under threat

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CULTURAL HERITAGE AT RISK Almost universally,

cultural heritage is at risk

Kabul, Afghanistan

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CULTURAL HERITAGE AT RISK

Whether in Asia…

Lahore, Pakistan

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CULTURAL HERITAGE AT RISK

Tbilisi, Georgia

Eastern Europe and Eurasia

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CULTURAL HERITAGE AT RISK

The Middle East

Beirut, Lebanon

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CULTURAL HERITAGE AT RISK

Or in Old Basra.

Basra, Iraq

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CULTURAL HERITAGE AT RISK

“Yet the best-intentioned efforts and the most meticulous restoration projects are unlikely to succeed if the underlying causes that led to this ‘crisis state’ are not also tackled”

(Ismael Serageldin) Qila Gujar Singh, Lahore, Pakistan

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DEFINING OUR INTENTIONS

ESTABLISHING A COMMON UNDERSTANDING

WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO PRESERVE ? هيلع ظافحلا لواحن يذلا

Key heritage buildings / traditional clusters ةيساسلؤا ةينبلؤا
Urban character ةيرضحلا صئاصخلا
A way of life ةشيعملا ةقيرط

WHY DO WE WANT TO PRESERVE ? ؟هيلع ظافحلا ديرن اذامل

Because it is part of our heritageانثارت نم ءزج هنلؤ
To improve the lives of the inhabitants ناكس نم ريثكلا نيسحتل
To earn money from tourism ةحايسلا نم لاملا بسكل

WHO DO WE PRESERVE FOR? ؟نم لجأ نم اهيلع ظفاحن

Present users نييلاحلا نيمدختسملا
Future generations لبقتسملا لايجا
Potential residents and visitors نيلمتحملا راوزلاو ناكسلا
Mankind at large لا؟هرسأب يرشبلا سنج ام

Source: “ECONOMY OF HERITAGE PRESERVATION” – Presentation delivered by Dr Mona Serageldin/IU2D, 08 June 2015 in Erbil, KRG

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THE CHALLENGE

Dealing with historic cities involves more than the physical restoration of buildings or the protection

f an urban character

Lahore, Pakistan

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THE CHALLENGE

It requires the drafting

f specific legislation that

forbids the demolition of historic buildings

Beirut, Lebanon

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THE CHALLENGE

And can reduce the

incentives to demolish

Basra, Iraq

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THE CHALLENGE

Helping the authorities to enforce

building control

Basra, Iraq

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THE CHALLENGE

And the drafting and application of specific

Building Guidelines

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THE CHALLENGE

Expropriation is

rarely the answer

Erbil, KRG/Iraq

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THE CHALLENGE Particularly when

funding has not

been secured

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THE CHALLENGE

And in any case, historic cities should not be ‘frozen’ in time – people need to be able to improve their homes

Basra, Iraq

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THE CHALLENGE

The reversal of the degradation typically needs to start from the upgrading

f basic infrastructure

Basra, Iraq

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THE CHALLENGE

And an intensive operation

f collection and

removal of garbage

Basra, Iraq

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THE CHALLENGE

Any effort to restore and conserve them must include the renewal of the

area’s economic

base - whether large scale

Cairo, Egypt

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THE CHALLENGE

Stone Town, Zanzibar

….medium scale

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THE CHALLENGE

… or small scale.

Basra, Iraq

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Projects have to be able to respond to the needs of

low-income residents

and respect their human rights

Basra, Iraq

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THE CHALLENGE

It requires an increase in

investments from

both the private and public sectors

Cartagenda de las Indias, Colombia

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Cairo, Egypt

It would benefit from the implementation of

a few ‘icon’ projects

to gather attention

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THE CHALLENGE

It may open selected spaces to the public – to increase awareness and sense of

wnership of people

Basra, Iraq

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THE CHALLENGE

Often, such projects may require the direct involvement of people

Beirut, Lebanon

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HERITAGE AT RISK

Shanasheel houses Traditional houses Mixed/Contemporary buildings

The analysis of information needs to inform the project and decision-making

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THE CHALLENGE

Excerpt from the Basra Development Strategy and Master Plan presented by Malone Given Parsons in 2011. Boundaries of the Old City Centre (in black) as identified by the Basra Master Plan which actually excludes the shanasheel area (see added blue dot) which is inexplicably excluded from the identified zone.

Plans need to provide

strategic and implementation guidance

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HERITAGE AS A RESOURCE

The sustainable conservation of built heritage is a resource for development

Shibam, Yemen

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HERITAGE AS A RESOURCE

Renovation and rehabilitation strategies should capitalize on existing urban dynamics and generate economic returns for the city, while

mitigating any negative effects on residents.

Cairo, Egypt

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INTEGRATED PLANNING APPROACH

LEGAL FRAMEWORK ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL & PUBLIC SERVICES ECONOMY & EMPLOYMENT PHYSICAL & INFRASTRUCTURE CULTURE & PUBLIC AWARENESS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONAL SETUP

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Thank you for you attention