Eleven years after the Valletta Principles (original) (raw)

The Valletta Principles were adopted by the 17th General Assembly of ICOMOS in November 2011, after a long process of reflection, carried out by the expert members of CIVVIH for more than six years. During the CIVVIH annual meeting in Tunisia in November 2019, it was decided that this document should be reviewed to take into account new parameters that affect urban planning for the conservation and management of Historic Urban Landscapes (HUL) such as sustainable development, the urban landscape, urban sprawl, tourism in historic centres, mobility, digital technology, climate change alongside major risks, and health or natural disasters. After carefully analyzing the Valletta Principles, the expert members of CIVVIH consider that their wording and content are still relevant; the document is a testimony of its time, and it remains important for the conservation of historic cities. However, in this unprecedented context of pandemic and climate change, it should be supplemented to address the issue of heritage and the evolution of our societies with regard to risk management (health and climate or natural disasters) by carrying out both a retrospective and prospective review of tools and practices.