No. 04 (1998): Territory and heritage
The Ninth International Conference on the Conservation of Historical Centers and Built Heritage, organized by the Ibero-American Academic Council (CAI), took place in Valladolid between the 7th and 11th of July, 1997. The importance of this meeting and the fact that its organization and coordination fell on the University Institute for Urban Research of the University of Valladolid seem to make imperative the dedication of this fourth number of Ciudades to the contents of this event.
The CAI currently brings together forty Ibero-American universities under the common goal of offering alternatives –from research and educational plans—for the conservation and intervention of built heritage. In fact, from the first conference held in Camagüey (Cuba) in 1989, to the one that took place in Puebla (Mexico) in 1996, the CAI has consolidated as an Ibero-American entity capable of uniting a growing number of universities on the consideration of the methods and tools that allow us to do a scientific and social practice that will impact on the conservation of our historical centers and, in general, on everything built that has heritage characteristics.
The University Institute for Urban Research of the University of Valladolid, in its name and that of the Ibero-American Academic Council, wants to express their appreciation to all the participants, both people and institutions and the group of collaborating agencies in the different activities of the Ninth International Conference on the Conservation of Historical Centers and Built Heritage: Valladolid City Hall, Segovia City Hall, Superior Council of Spanish Architects, Segovia’s Savings Bank and Monte de Piedad, Caja Salamanca and Soria, Provincial Council of Valladolid, Higher Technical School of Architecture of Valladolid and Iberia, official Congress carrier. The University Institute for Urban Research also wants to express their sincere appreciation of the funding institutions that made the event materially possible: the University of Valladolid, Regional Council for the Environment and Land Planning, the Education and Culture Council of the Regional Government of Castilla y León and the Autonomic Council of the Associations of Architects of Castilla y León.
