Abstract
Since 2009, the Special Management and Protection Plan (PEMP in Spanish) has been the instrument adopted by the Colombian government to plan, manage, and disseminate the cultural heritage of historic city centers. Based on the acquired experience, the Cultural Heritage Office of the Ministry of Culture identified the need to develop a more holistic and participatory approach to revitalize these areas of cultural significance. To achieve this, the Cultural Heritage Office led a pilot scheme in Ambalema, Tolima, throughout 2016. The development of the Special Management and Protection Plan of Ambalema was based on an interdisciplinary approach aimed at recognizing the intersection of multiple values that characterize the historic city center and form the basis of social identification with the urban landscape and cultural ecosystem. Moreover, the PEMP was an opportunity for enhancing citizen participation in urban heritage conservation in Colombia. This paper describes the methodology used and the results obtained, as a contribution to develop more comprehensive tactics toward heritage sustainability, which has been done in harmony with Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) approaches to the conservation of urban values that shape the city’s life.
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PEMP: In accordance with Article 2.4.1.1.1. (Decree 763 of 2009, Article 14) of Decree 1080 of 2015 by which the Single Regulatory Decree Sector Culture is issued, “Special Management and Protection Plans are a management tool of Cultural Heritage of the Nation, that establishes actions necessary in order to ensure the protection, conservation and sustainability of Properties of Cultural Interest or property in process of being declared as such, whenever the competent authority requieres it.”
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Ambalemuno is the demonym of the city of Ambalema in Spanish.
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Heritage Watchers is a strategy that encourages citizen participation in the social appropriation of cultural heritage. Under the volunteer scheme, Colombian communities organize to recognize, value, protect, recover, disseminate, and identify actions aimed at the sustainability of the nation’s cultural heritage.
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Diagram showing the current undesirable or problem situation, along with other problems identified around the main problem and cause and effect relationships between
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A tool that facilitates the identification and determination of the causes and consequences of a problematic situation. A qualitative technique developed by Frederic Vester.
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Higuera, S., Forero, A., Forero, J., Escovar, A. (2019). Toward a Special Management and Protection Plan of Urban Heritage in Ambalema, Colombia. In: Pereira Roders, A., Bandarin, F. (eds) Reshaping Urban Conservation. Creativity, Heritage and the City, vol 2. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8887-2_5
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