April 2020

Local preservation ordinances: A one size fits all approach to social injustice

Leave a Comment / Preservation Policy Reform / By / December 2, 2022

In a recent study, Avrami et al. (2018), found 86% of the local historic preservation ordinances sampled across the United States are nearly 100% derivative of the standards for significance and historical integrity found in the federal National Register (NR) of Historic Places guidelines. In my own work, I’ve also found this to be the …

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Social justice and using heritage values to prioritize climate change decisions

Leave a Comment / Climate Change / By / December 2, 2022

Erin Seekamp (NC State University), Sandra Fatorić (Delft University of Technology), and Allie McCreary (Western Kentucky University) just published “Historic Preservation Priorities for Climate Adaptation” in Ocean and Coastal Management that’s worth a close read. This is one of the only research papers that surveys “experts” and “community groups” to ascertain how their values overlap with climate change priorities …

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