...; the improvement of living conditions for local populations; and the creation of a virtuous cycle in urban conservation. (3) the required toolkit for application of the HUL approach at the local level. The UNESCO Recommendation defines the HUL as “the urban area understood as the result...

...‐cultural regions of the world (i.e. Central Asia and East Africa). It points to fields of further research, which are linked to the papers selected for this issue. Findings The Historic Urban Landscape approach, as promoted in the new UNESCO Recommendation on the subject, facilitates a structuring...