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This publication comes from the Preservation Hotlines serial, published by the State Historic Preservation office about common issues relating to preservation in South Carolina. This publication is about how to protect historic properties with conservation easements

This publication comes from the Preservation Hotlines serial, published by the State Historic Preservation office about common issues relating to preservation in South Carolina. This publication is about how to protect historic properties with conservation easements.

Cultural relationships with nature, ecology, biodiversity, energy, and resource systems -- History and theory of heritage preservation -- History and theory of sustainable design -- Architecture and building design -- Integrating biodiversity into the built environment rehabilitation practice -- Fixing the shortcomings within community design, planning and policy -- Going with the flow: strategies for adapting buildings and structures for rising sea levels -- Vehicles as a microcosm of approaching built environment rehabilitation -- Conclusions on lessons from the past for the future

The State Historic Preservation Office at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History publishes a monthly newsletter featuring agency programs and events, and highlights those of state and national preservation groups. In this issue: State Board of Review Meeting, new listings in the National Register of Historic Places, tax credit spotlight, remembering the founder of SC's Historic Preservation Office, preparing communities for natural disasters, Preservation Society of Charleston offers preservation news, mid-century Commercial Architecture Symposium: call for proposals, legislation to enhance the historic tax credit introduced in Congress, conferences / workshops / events, grant application deadlines, subscription information.

The State Historic Preservation Office at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History publishes a monthly newsletter featuring agency programs and events, and highlights those of state and national preservation groups. In this issue: Registration Open for Local Government Preservation Workshop ; SHPO Review & Compliance and Survey Programs Updates ; 2018 Preservation Conference: Call for Session Proposals ; State Review Board Approves 4 Nominations ; FY 2018 Historic Preservation Fund Grant Applications ; Tax Credit Project Spotlight ; Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation is Now Preservation South Carolina ; American College of the Building Arts January Classes ; Conferences / Workshops / Events ; Grant Application Deadlines ; Subscription Information.

This report summarizes the federal role in historic preservation. It provides descriptions of and funding information for some of the major preservation programs, including the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Register for Historic Places. Some Members of Congress have given historic preservation programs close scrutiny and have recommended that historic preservation activities be supported increasingly by the private sector.

Historical designation has become an important tool in efforts to revitalise central-city neighbourhoods. Yet designation has also come under scrutiny because of its presumed association with gentrification and displacement of lower-income residents. Using Fort Worth, Texas, as a case study, the paper asks whether historical designation is associated with demographic change in neighbourhoods. It is found that historically designated areas started out with slightly worse neighbourhood indicators than those without designation—a finding that is consistent with the idea that preservation efforts are targeted to areas in 'need' of revitalisation. However, we find no evidence that preservation efforts altered the demographic composition of neighbourhoods. This finding runs counter to the notion that historic preservation is a precursor to gentrification.

A must-read for professionals and advocates of historic preservation who are concerned about preservation's future, this volume is a compendium of powerful essays by thought leaders in the field first presented in 2016 as part of the fiftieth anniversary observation of the US National Historic Preservation Act. Once primarily the concern of historians, antiquarians, and historic architects in the last century, today historic preservation is a popular public movement, a critical component of local land-use ordinances, a regional economic driver, and a significant contributor to the nation's cul