In this publication for policy makers, urban practitioners and cultural heritage lovers, Eurocities gathered insights, lessons and experiences from the ROCK project. From 2017 to 2020, ROCK demonstrated how, in European cities, cultural and historic city centres can become laboratories for testing new models of urban regeneration, sustainable development and economic and social growth, and thus lead the urban transition.
You will discover how cities have designed new approaches to bridge the gap between conservation and preservation of cultural heritage and contemporary urban issues. From sustainable adaptive reuse of cultural heritage, new governance models, to city branding, it is a journey through a multifaceted urban cultural heritage and how cities can work on it with citizens and for a brighter urban future.
This publication underlines the necessity of involving people from various backgrounds to ensure cultural and civic rights in heritage valorisation efforts. It advocates for the documentation and evaluation of cultural heritage projects using a common assessment framework to inform future policies effectively.
