Bulletin de l'ISPAN, No 37: The scientific inventory of the historic centre of Jacmel, on the World Heritage tentative list since 2004
Summary: The Bulletin de l'ISPAN, No 37, of October to December 2017. The issue covers The scientific inventory of the historic center of Jacmel, on the World Heritage tentative list since 2004. The Bulletin is the publication of Haiti's national heritage institute, which documents the country's built heritage monument by monument, its state of conservation and the work carried out on it. 15 pages.
Key Findings
- ISPAN presents the scientific inventory of the historic centre of Jacmel, a city on the World Heritage tentative list since 2004.
- The inventory was carried out from 2013 to 2015 with support from the MCC, AECID, UNESCO and the French Ministry of Culture.
- The work goes beyond individual buildings to include meaningful places, service infrastructure, urban fabric and heritage linked to Jacmel's historic centre.
- Jacmel's civil, public, military and religious architecture is treated as the core of the study and as highly threatened by natural disasters and uncontrolled urban development.
- The bulletin links the city's heritage to floods, the 1896 fire, Hurricane Hazel and the 2010 earthquake.
- Recommendations call for urban planning, education, legal updating, risk maps, stronger municipal urbanism services and ISPAN management of high-cultural-value property zones.
Full Description
The Bulletin de l'ISPAN, No 37, of October to December 2017. The issue covers The scientific inventory of the historic center of Jacmel, on the World Heritage tentative list since 2004. The Bulletin is the publication of Haiti's national heritage institute, which documents the country's built heritage monument by monument, its state of conservation and the work carried out on it. 15 pages.
How to cite
Institute for the Protection of National Heritage (ISPAN), 2017, Bulletin de l'ISPAN, No 37: The scientific inventory of the historic centre of Jacmel, on the World Heritage tentative list since 2004, https://www.dloc.com/AA00065766/00025