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Research Framework
European Commission, Community Research
FP5, Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development
Key Action 4: City of Tomorrow and Cultural Heritage
Theme 4.2.3.: Foster integration of cultural heritage in the urban setting
Project contract number: EVK4-CT-2002-00091
Duration: January 2003 - December 2005
Objectives
The APPEAR project focuses on the conservation, integration, enhancement and exploitation of urban subsoil archeological sites in a sustainable way so as to make them available to the population. Currently, public authorities and concerned stakeholders lack the tools and reference framework specific to this issue. By gathering experts, practitioners and local authorities representatives from different European countries, APPEAR promotes a global approach to accessibility projects from the planning stage to the exploitation stage. The research work is organised around two different but complementary axes: urban governance and enhancement of the archaeological sites, considering their best integration within the city particularly on a sociocultural level. The main challenge consists in providing useful tools to make archaeological sites accessible, and offering visitors scientific, educational and aesthetic quality while ensuring an optimal protection level.
Main deliverables
The APPEAR guide proposes to deliver an integrated action plan for the completion of accessibility projects at each stage in their development. It will provide all partners engaged in these with tools for decision-making and self-assessment. It will include methodological and practical resources for identifying and implementing specific solutions for the conservation, integration, enhancement and exploitation of archaeological sites in an urban setting. In order to make accessibility projects compatible with a perspective of sustainable development, these resources will be developed in a reasoned way adopting flexible, adaptable and applicable criteria.
The “existing practices” database will provide end users with a descriptive inventory of European accessibility projects. It will offer them examples and references to be used to help make choices with regards to their own projects.
Scientific coordinator
In Situ asbl
Quai de Maestricht 13, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
Contact: Anne Warnotte
Tel. +32 (0)4 250 93 77
In collaboration with the Service public de Wallonie, Direction générale opérationnelle, Aménagement du territoire, Logement, Patrimoine et Énergie (DGO4)
Contact: Jean-Marc Léotard
Administrative and financial coordinator
University of Liege - Center for Urban Governance Studies (CUGS)
Chemin des Chevreuils 1 B52/3, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
Contact: Jacques Teller
Tel. +32 (0)4 366 93 94
EC scientific officer
Michel Chapuis
Directorate General “Research”, Directorate I “ Environment ”, Unit I 3 “ Environmental Technologies and Prevention of Pollution ” (cultural heritage issues)
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