City's distinctive character 'put at risk by unprecedented pressure to redevelop'

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City's distinctive character 'put at risk by unprecedented pressure to redevelop'

Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2007 / February 12

Scotland's capital risks losing the "distinctive character" that makes it a UNESCO World Heritage site if it fails to get the balance right on new development, the director of the city's heritage trust has warned. Zoe Clark, director of the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, said the Old Town, in the historic heart of the city, was facing "unprecedented pressure for redevelopment". Edinburgh's OId and New Towns were named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996. The Edinburgh World Heritage Trust struggles to conserve the city's architectural heritage with a budget of just £1.1 million a year. And the city centre is facing a string of developments worth hundreds of millions of pounds that could reshape its face from Princes Street to the Royal Mile.

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