CONTENTS Preface by Chaibong Hahm 5 INTRODUCTION Introduction by Brigitte Colin 9 Discussion Paper From Gentrification to Forced Eviction. How Should Economic Competition be Reconciled with Social Sustainability in Historical Districts? Brigitte Colin 14 Welcome Remarks From Istanbul .. to Barcelona. Towards Social Sustainability in Historical Districts Chaibong Hahm 21 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Aranjuez Proyecto Ciudad. The Ecocity of the Canal Aifonso Vegara 26 Social Perspectives in Historical Centres Yves Cabannes 34 Does the city air really make us free? Cesare Ottolini 37 The Intermediate Scale. The role of urban professionals for social Sustainability in intermediate historical cities Josep-Maria Llop-Torne 40 Pom Mahakan. People of the Fort Jean du Plessis 46 A Challenge to Social Sustainability in Historical Districts Greg Andaman 55 PRESENTATION OF CASE STUDIES BEIJING Socially Sustainable Urban Development in the Xicheng District Genevieve Domenach-Chich 65 SEOUL The Restoration of Cheonggye-Cheon Yoon-Jae Yang 69 LAHORE Skafti Batik. The Open House in the Walled City of Lahore Sajida Hairier Vandal 71 KARACHI Asian Inner Cities. Concerns of the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR) ArifHasan 79 MOSCOW Reconstruction in Moscow Metropolis: Objective Causes, Conflicts of Interest and the Necessity of International Discussion Dmitry Kataev Ivanovich 87 Moscow City Centre. Reconstruction and Public Participation Yelena Shomina QUITO Recovery of a Historical District. The Case of Quito, Capital of the Republic of Ecuador Ambassador Horacio Sevilla Borja 99 San Francisco de Quito. Globalization and Local Culture: A Sustainable Equation in Historical Towns and Centres? Giro Carahallo Perichi MALAGA Voyage to the Centre of the Earth Salvador Moreno Peralta, with Juan Ramon Casern Dominguez and Andres Gutienez Istria113 BARCELONA Ciutat Vella. 1988-2007 : Historical District and Centre of Barcelona Carles Marti124 Ciutat Vella. Enlightenment Against the Market Juan Diez Medrano CONCLUSION 135 ANNEXES 149