Social sustainability in historic city centres: the Grand Place in Brussels Universiteit Hasselt
This chapter describes research designed is to explore effective methods for the socially-sustainable development of historic urban city centre’s characterised by a rich and diverse cultural heritage, without losing their identity. It was carried out, and its framework tested and evaluated, in the surrounding ‘buffer zone’ of the UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) of the ‘Grand Place’ in Brussels, an area characterised by low levels of occupancy. ...