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Title Life in the Urban Landscape (3): Urban Development for the Poor - The Interdependence between Heritage, Sustainability and Livability Day / Time Wednesday, June 21st / 13:30 - 15:30 Room MR07 Event Description What role can heritage play in poverty reduction and a sustainable urban development? This event will present two upgrading projects where heritage has been used as a decisive factor for urban development and the contemporary discussions based on urban and post-colonial research. The character of heritage as a capital asset gives rise to cultural, as well as economical, value. A society who uses heritage, as a resource, will gain a multiple economical effect, in contrast to societies who focuses strictly on financial matters. The concept of liveability is crucial when striving for sustainable urban development. However, reliable measures of liveability, possible to calibrate against agreed normative living standards, are elusive. How can poor inhabitants claim “ownership” to heritage values under insecure tenure and perhaps as illegitimate residents? Session Language English Speakers (information as provided by host organization) Prof. Dipesh Chakrabarty, U of Chicago Mr Christer Gustafsson, Director Heritage Halland, Sweden. Mr Dick Sandberg and Mr Sali Shoshaj Cultural Heritage without Borders, Kosovo Mr Thomas Melin, organizer. Head of Division The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) Ms Kersti Berggren, organizer. Architect The Swedish National Heritage Board Ms Birgitta Elfström, organizer, facilitator. Head of Division The Swedish National Heritage Board. Moderator: Ms Khouloud Daibes. Director of the Centre for Cultural Heritage Preservation in Bethlehem, West Bank. Contact Need more information about this event? Please fill the contact form Related Documents (in English and / or French) Host Organization Swedish Research Council Formas, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Swedish National Heritage Board, SIDA and the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning Host Organization Description The event “Life in the Urban Landscape (3). Urban Development for the poor: the interdependence between heritage, sustainability and liveability” is co-organized by two Swedish State Governmental organizations: The Swedish National Heritage Board and The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) together with the Swedish Foundation Cultural Heritage without Borders. Three other Swedish State Governmental organizations take part in the stream of Networking Events kept together under the umbrella of Life in the Urban Landscape (LUL 1, 2 and 3): The Swedish Research Council Formas, The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and The National Board of Housing, Building and Planning. The Urban Laboratory Gothenburg, representing the City of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden is also part of the organizing team. Website (Organizer and partners) www.raa.se www.sida.se www.chwb.org

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