D5 - Encourage the reuse of heritage and use of traditional knowledge and practice

Heritage is one of the key ways of addressing the negative effects of demographic changes in both urban and rural areas. It is part of an organic form of spatial organisation and can make for genuine energy savings when considering grey energy.

D5 Challenges

Development challenges

Building a more inclusive and cohesive society
Developing Europe’s prosperity by drawing on its heritage resources
Ensuring that Europeans enjoy a high quality of life, in harmony with their cultural and natural environment
Implementing the principle of integrated conservation
Ensuring that heritage is taken into account in sustainable spatial development strategies and programmes
Developing the ability of public services to address sustainable spatial development issues by means of better use of heritage
Preserving and developing the ability of public services to address heritage issues

Societal challenges

Promoting an inclusive approach to heritage

Knowledge challenges

Raising awareness of the values conveyed by heritage

D5 Target audience

local
national
regional

Recommended courses of action for D5

Recognise and promote integrated conservation as a priority in heritage policies
Introduce incentives for heritage upkeep and maintenance
Consolidate national legislation to avoid the destruction of cultural, movable and immovableheritage assets
Encourage the reuse of heritage for new purposes while respecting the values of heritage