A.8.1 Final Report. Financial and Economical Feasibility Study IADB/Jamaica for the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage Cities and Sites in Jamaica (in English)
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El estudio explora los potenciales de la conservación y restauración de tres sitios históricos importantes en Jamaica: New Seville, Port Royal y Spanish Town. El amplio informe se refiere a temas tales como rehabilitación arquitectónica y urbana, excavaciones arqueológicas, conservación de objetos y artefactos, desarrollo de los productos artesanales y un Centro para estudios Jamaiquinos y Caribeños. Se ha llevado a cabo propuestas para el desarrollo integral de cada uno de los tres sitios, incluyendo diseños arquitectónicos y paisajistas, así como presupuestos detallados.
Este estudio innovador determina el impacto de un proyecto cultural en el turismo nacional e internacional y el desarrollo social y económico, para los cuales se preparó modelos específicos de análisis de costo - beneficio.
La ejecución de las propuestas del proyecto para la conservación y restauración de los tres sitios históricos en Jamaica requiere una inversión de US$ 25 millones y es factible en términos sociales y económicos.
Pursuant to the request made by the Prime Minister of Jamaica and the State Planning Office to the IADB in Washington for a possibility of a loan agreement to enhance three major historical sites in Jamaica, namely New Seville, Port Royal and Spanish Town were examined by a group of experts from around the world recruited and contracted by the UNDP Regional Project for Cultural and Urban Heritage for Latin America.
The IADB contracted the UNDP/Unesco RLA project to undertake a feasibility study to assess the possibility of a joint loan agreement with the government of Jamaica.
RLA (UNDP/Unesco) recruited and selected an international group of experts in the fields of cultural tourism, museology, economics, adaptive reuse of historic buildings, archeology, landscape architecture, urban development, museography, etc.
The emphasis of the study was to determine the possible benefits of restoration and rehabilitation of these sites as they would relate to tourism, both national and international.
It was estimated that almost $25 million would be necessary to execute this project under the aegis of national institutes which would have to make arrangements to establish a Project Unit for management and disbursements.
While the feasibility study concluded that a loan would be workable, it was felt that the existing institutional capacity in Jamaica was not appropriate, nor were there any signs to bring about a coherent structure, which would bring the national stakeholders along with local authorities in an operational, workable and sustainable infrastructure.
Authors:
Background paper: Herman Van Hooff (NL, Arq) and Eve Michel (USA)
Economic Financial and Social Feasibility: Suzanne Bischoff, Congrad Douglas, Maureen Hadfield, Erik Haites, Eleanor Jones, Manuel Knight, Leopoldo Portnoy (Arg), Maurice Stoppi
Landscape Architecture: John Edwards (Can) and Franca Helg (It)
Archaeology: Kathleen Deagan (USA), James Parrent, and Lorenzo Lopes y Sebastian
Museum and Education: Lloyd Hezekiah, Darko Pandakovic (It), Elizabeth Cornu (USA)
Small industries: Yuet Chang and Jill Vexler
Training: Agnes Ballestrem and Elisabeth Cornu (USA)
Jamaican and Caribbean Studies: Sidney Mintz
Introduction: S. Mutal (ATP/ Regional Coordinator RLA-ALC PNUD/Unesco)
Published in 1987, 423 pag, 4 volumes, English, illustrated
RLA (UNDP/Unesco) in collaboration with: Banco Internaciónal de Desarrollo, Planning Institute of Jamaica
size: 438 MB
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