In the last decades urban and heritage paradigms have shifted greatly. Heritage preservation and urban development are no longer considered as contradictory. Legitimate definitions of cultural heritage have widened as heritagisation processes expanded and exposed the socially constructed and dynamic nature of heritage, far from the monumentalist and object-centred approach which used to prevail.

Preface - Chapter 1 Heritage, Cities and Sustainable Development. Challenges and Opportunities between Theory and Practice - PART I PEOPLE-CENTRED BUILT HERITAGE CONSERVATION - Chapter 2 Industrial Heritage and Urban Landscapes: Prospects for Sustainable Development in English Cities - Chapter 3 Turning private causes into common cause? The role of sponsorship in preserving vernacular heritage sites in France - PART II CHALLENGES IN HISTORIC URBAN LANDSCAPE POLICIES - Chapter 4 The Master Plan for the integral rehabilitation of Historic Havana: what consequences for the urban environment, what impacts on the population? - Chapter 5 Valparaíso, the Pearl of the Pacific: the power of artistic imagination on a touristic world heritage city - PART III INCLUSIVE APPROACHES TO URBAN HERITAGE AND PLANNING - Chapter 6 Implementing the Historic Urban Landscape Approach: Exploring Participatory Planning in China - Chapter 7 Quito: when local consultation redefines heritage and planning - Chapter 8 Lima: Open City. A Pedestrian Urban Regeneration Strategy for the Historic Centre of Lima - Chapter 9 Concluding Remarks. Comparative Visions of Heritage - Holistic Visions of Heritage?