Planning and Managing the Preservation of Historical Buildings in the Old City of Hebron –Palestine

Abstract

Every community and society has a very precious heritage which has to be and can be transferred to the next generation and it is the responsibility of the civil society to transfer that heritage to the next generation . The process of preserving and, reconstructing historical buildings poses several specific questions and raises problems which must be solved in the planning and management stage of the building process - from questions of architectural and art historical significance , via the future purpose of use of the building, links to the surrounding buildings, environmental questions, questions of cost, time analysis, and quality assurance problems. Many of these problems can be solved with the help of a detailed architectural plans, elevations and sections of the historical buildings and monuments which was created by an expert team