The Garden History Society Winter Lectures Series
Wednesday 11 March, 6.30 pm
Susan Denyer, FSA, World Heritage Adviser, ICOMOS, & Secretary, ICOMOS-UK
Cultural landscapes reflect the interaction between people and their environment over time. Sustaining the distinctiveness of World Heritage cultural landscapes can mean sustaining not just the symptoms of interaction but the underlying processes that contribute towards [...]
EAI Seminar Series
27 January 2009 (Study visit 26 January),
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn, London
Protected landscapes and cities are interdependent. Protected areas provide valuable services for our urban population – ecological, recreational, economic – and the majority of people live in cities. It is from urban areas that visitor income originates. Many opt to live [...]
Scottish Ministers announced today their decision to refuse planning permission for the proposed development of three wind turbines at Merranblo, Stromness, Orkney. The application was considered at a local public inquiry in January 2008. ICOMOS-UK appeared at the inquiry along with other organisations, such as Historic Scotland, Orkney Archaeological Trust, Orkney Skyline Concern and Scottish [...]
