General

Birch, E.L. and Roby, D. (1984) `The planner and the preservationist: an uneasy alliance', Journal of the American Planning Association 50: 194-207.

Collins, R.C. (1980) `Changing views on historical conservation in cities', Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 451: 86-97.

Fielden, B. (1994) Conservation of Historic Buildings. Oxofrd: Butterworth-Heinemann.

Fitch, J.M. (1982) Historic Preservation: Curatorial Management of the Built World, New York: McGraw-Hill. Classic text; focus on US but broad spread of examples.

Hubbard, P. (1993) `The value of conservation: a critical review of behavioural research', Town Planning Review 64, 4: 359-73. Wide-ranging exploration of this issue.

International Congress of Architects and Technicians of Historic Monuments (1964) Statement of Principles (the `Venice Charter') Venice: Second International Congress. Key statement of principles; influential, but now seeming in need of review.

ICOMOS (1981) The Florence Charter. ICOMOS Review/amendment of Venice Charter; could be taken even further.

Jokilehto, J. (1996) `International standards, principles and charters of conservation', in Marks, S. (ed.) Concerning Buildings. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.

Kain, R.J.P. (ed.) (1981) Planning for Conservation. London: Mansell Wide-ranging collection with historical focus.

Lewis, P.F. (1975) `The future of the past: our clouded vision of historic preservation', Pioneer America 7: 1-20. Review of attitudes to conservation; albeit mostly US examples.

Lichfield, N. (1988) Economics in Urban Conservation, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Key work on conservation economics; broad spread of examples largely from Lichfield's practise.

Lichfield, N. (1997) `Achieving the benefits of conservation', Built Environment 23 (2): 103-110 Looks at costs and benefits, and community impact assessment.

Lottman, H.R. (1976) How Cities are Saved. New York: Universe Broad iverview of key issues; case studies include Bologna, Venice, Jerusalem, Tokyo.

Marks, S. (ed.) Concerning Buildings. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. Festschrift: essays in honour of Sir Bernard Fielden, covering rather broader aspects of conservation than the title suggests!

Mynors, C. (1997) `Architectural conservation: a lawyer's perspective', Journal of Architectural Conservation 3 (3): 22-41 Perspective of English barrister, but with wider implications.

Newcomb, R.M. (1979) Planning the Past: Historic Landscape Resources and Recreation. Folkestone, Dawson.

Newcomb, R.M. (1983) A Business and a Charity: Conservation in Transition, Geographical Paper 83, Reading: Department of Geography, University of Reading.

Papageorgiou, A. (1971) Continuity and Change: Preservation in City Planning. London: Pall Mall Press

Smith, D.L. (1974) Amenity and Urban Planning, London: Crosby Lockwood Staples. Now dated and focusing on UK, but usefully introduces issues of amenity that are usually only implicit in conservation.

Tarn, J.N. (1985) `Urban regeneration: the conservation dimension', Town Planning Review 56, 2: 245-268. Mainly UK focused, but usefully brings conservation and regeneration together.

Tiesdell, S., Oc, T. and Heath, T. (1996) Revitalizing Historic Urban Quarters. Oxford: Butterworth Helpful summary of existing material; largely case-study based; main focus on UK.

Tunbridge, J.E. (1981) `Conservation trusts as geographic agents: their impact upon landscape, townscape and land use', Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers NS 6 (2): 104-125 Useful early perspective on key agents of conservation/change; case studies of National Trust for Scotland and Heritage Canada.

Williams, N., Kellogg, E.H. and Gilbert, F.B. (eds) (1983) Readings in Historic Preservation: Why, What, How? New Jersey: Rutgers University Centre for Urban Policy Research.