Introduction to heritage and identity: from planning and policies to communities, and back

In this section, you will find four chapters that explore cases around the theme of identity in heritage planning. While the chapters share the general assump-tion that identity and heritage planning are strongly interrelated, they all address rather different governance scales, management concepts and heritage perspectives dealing with the built environment. Ranging from urban heritage sites to cultural landscapes, the chapters consider places both as landscapes, characterized by specific morphologies, values and practices, and as the con-texts for various traditions, operations and activities.