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VI. GLOSSARY OF HERITAGE MANAGEMENT
Harmonisation

Effect an approximation or coordination of different legal provisions or systems by eliminating major differences and creating minimum requirements or standards. Harmonisation can be seen as a step towards unification, and, in a way, harmonisation aims or strives towards unification.

Heritage (Patrimoine)

Any asset or group of assets, natural or cultural, tangible or intangible, that a community recognizes for its value as a witness to history and memory, while emphasising the need to safeguard, to protect, to adopt, to promote and to disseminate such heritage.

Heritage conservation / Heritage management

All actions or processes that are aimed at safeguarding the character-defining elements of a cultural resource to retain its heritage value and extend its physical life. This may involve “preservation,” “rehabilitation,” “restoration,” or a combination of these actions or processes.

Heritage protection / management

Taking care of natural and cultural heritage values of a place, it includes legislation, policies, and management frameworks. Heritage is the legacy of physical or natural artefacts that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations. Heritage includes tangible culture (such as buildings, monuments, landscapes and natural heritage (including culturally-significant landscapes, and biodiversity). Cultural heritage is often unique and irreplaceable, which places the responsibility of preservation on the current generation.

Historic and architectural areas

Areas containing one or more buildings or places in which historic events occurred or having special public value because of notable architectural, archaeological or other features relating to the cultural or artistic heritage of the community, of such significance as to warrant conservation and preservation

Historic buildings

A building or structure that has some kind of 'historic value', i.e. people in the present are connected to it via past events in some way. This value warrants it being afforded consideration in planning decisions that have to be made concerning while designing. A building may hold special historic interest because of its importance with respect to a particular historical event or period, or be associated with nationally important people. Alternatively, there might be special historic interest in the building itself, i.e. its construction methods, design, architectural significance, and so on.

Historic value

Relative social attribution of qualities to building and places, therefore it depends on society and can change over time. Certain values can be related more specifically to the intrinsic aspects of the monument or site (design, material, and workmanship), while other values can be associated with its location and its relationship to the setting.

Historic / Traditional Building Materials

All naturally occurring substances used in the building industry before the introduction of the 19th and 20th century steel, reinforced concrete, plastic, resins, and artificially extracted fabrics. Stone, wood, hay, clay, are examples of such materials.

Homogeneity

The quality or state of being of a similar kind or of having a uniform structure or composition throughout.

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