Conservation in Urban Rehabilitation

Planners,

Without the fear of contradiction from my earlier communication, I support the principles of conservation particularly with references to cultural heritage which has become vulnerable as they face extinction for several technical, social a political reasons. However, i will like to ask you all to answer the following question:

What will you do in a situation when you are expected to take decisions on a building of the highest cultural heritage which is technically or structural weak leaving millions of people endangered as a result of its existence..........................Preservation and Conservation or demolition?

Please be honest, practical and sensitive in sending me your view as a major body of knowledge in today's context of best principles and UNESCO ideals.

In planning school, we acquired knowledge on the principles of Urban Renewal which dwells on the concepts of Rehabilitation, Redevelopment, Conservation, Preservation, integration, etc. We must as development practitioners understand all these concepts and use them interchangeably in designing our intervention in a context specific situation.

The issue of funding, relocation, compensation, etc have always made redevelopment very unpopular and Rehabilitation which incorporated other concepts as conservation is too useful to be ignored in practice.

Have a nice day.

Olajide Abiodun Babatunde