The Chair of Conservation of Urban and Architectural Heritage Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science
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2022-05-01
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Conservation of urban heritage is a ‘value’ based approach and scholars in the
fields of conservation and developers have been aware of such values including the
socio-cultural as well as economic values. The objective of this paper is to study the
urban heritage located in the center of Addis Ababa, specifically in Leghare area that
has become the subject of intervention due to the values of the place. It specifically
aims at the change, propose a tool for assessing and mitigating these changes and
achieve a common ground where the development of the city won’t affect the existence
of urban heritage and where the conservation of such places contributes to the growth
of the city. The general methodology used for this research is a case study method
focusing on pattern matching and triangulation techniques. It employes the assessment
of change by analyzing the Heritage value and relies on the interrelation between
intervention approaches of the socio-cultural and economic values of heritage places
using primary and secondary data sources. The primary data is collected by direct
observation and interviewing and the secondary data is extracted from different
published documents, archival records, photographs, written reports on events and
formal studies. Based on the data gathered and analysed this paper finds that the urban
heritage of Leghare is faced with destructive intervention and is subjected to
deterioration in need of immediate conservation and integration measures. Based on the
findings, the paper concludes that, there is a strong mutualism between the socio cultural values of urban heritage and the development of urban places in the city.
Therefore, it is recommended to provide a participatory approach between conserving
the core urban heritage values for the sustainable socio-cultural and economic
development of the city.
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Conservation, Urban Heritage, Heritage Values, Intervention, City development