Sustainable Heritage: Merging Environmental Conservation and Historic Preservation

Amalia Leifeste is an Assistant Professor for the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation co-sponsored by Clemson University, USA, and the College of Charleston, USA. Leifeste sees preservation practice as essential to 'cultural sustainability.' She is interested in how we educate practitioners and how place fosters group identity, and, as an architect, in defining how much and what kind of change can keep buildings useful for current needs without erasing essential touchstones of meaning. Barry L. Stiefel is an Associate Professor in the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation co-sponsored by the College of Charleston, USA, and Clemson University, USA. He is interested in how the sum of local preservation efforts affects regional, national, and multinational policies within the fields of cultural and natural heritage conservation, as well as the relationship of these studies to environmental sustainability. Dr. Stiefel has published numerous books and articles, including the book Community-Built: Art, Construction, Preservation, and Place, which he co-edited.

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Cultural Relationships with Nature, Ecology, Biodiversity, Energy, and Resource Systems Chapter 3: History and Theory of Heritage Preservation Chapter 4: History and Theory of Sustainable Design Chapter 5: Architecture and Building Design Chapter 6: Integrating Biodiversity into the Built Environment Rehabilitation Practice Chapter 7: Fixing the shortcomings within community design, planning and policy Chapter 8: Going with the Flow: Strategies for Adapting Buildings and Structures For Rising Sea Levels Chapter 9: Vehicles as a Microcosm of Approaching Built Environment Rehabilitation Chapter 10: Conclusions on Lessons from the Past for the Future