Urban Heritage Strategies | Nijmegen edition

In cities around the world, built heritage is under pressure from either over- or under-development. Meanwhile, we may observe that heritage plays an increasingly important role in the present-day city. It reflects an image of the city, reveals stories about its past and gives character and human scale to the city. If managed properly, heritage can effectively contribute to urban quality and serve as a vital asset for future development.

This year’s course is designed around the case study of the city of Nijmegen, one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands. Among the different challenges this heritage city is facing, four main challenges have been selected in close collaboration with the Nijmegen municipality. Each of the selected challenges is connected to a particular neighbourhood in the historic city centre, and to the four core concepts of the Urban Heritage Strategies curriculum: economics, social aspects, environment and culture.

Programme and admission

The UHS course consist of two parts:

• Part 1: Online, 7-16 June 2023
• Part 2: On-site in the Netherlands, 26 July-4 August 2023

Participants are welcome from over the world, with a focus on the 24 partner countries of the International Cultural Policy. For more information about the programme, admission criteria, and costs, please visit the website of the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS).

International Heritage Cooperation

The course is developed by IHS (part of Erasmus University Rotterdam) in close cooperation with the Department of Architecture and the Build Environment of Delft University of Technology and the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands. UHS is part of the programme International Heritage Cooperation.