Negotiating urban heritage in Yangon/Myanmar in the transformation period

城市遗产及其在发展中国家和转型国家(特大)城市中的作用正在成为研究的焦点：移民、增长、基础设施发展和通过转型和全球化进程日益增长的“外部”影响--就缅甸而言，在自我和外部孤立60多年后开放的情况--与活的传统和非凡的城市遗产潜力相遇。仰光历史城区研究的目的是调查哪些因素和行为者在当前的城市发展中影响着城市遗产的感知、概念和整合。关键问题是：哪些政治、社会和经济因素和行为者在国家、区域和地方各级以何种方式影响和改变人们对城市遗产的看法？这些影响如何改变城市发展的优先事项？在保护城市遗产方面，哪些行为者的措施会导致重新优先考虑？这些是如何和通过哪些机构实施的？

Urban heritage and its role in the (mega)cities of developing and transformation countries are coming into the focus of research: migration, growth, infrastructural development and growing "external" influences through transformation and globalisation processes - as well as in the case of Myanmar the situation of opening after more than 60 years of self- and external isolation - meet with living traditions and remarkable urban heritage potential. Aim of the research of the historic downtown of Yangon is the investigation which factors and actors are influencing the perception, concepts and integration of urban heritage within the current urban development. Key questions are: Which political, societal and economic factors and actors influence on national, regional and local level in which way and change the perception of urban heritage? How do these influences change the priorities of urban development? Which measures of which actors lead to a re-priorisation in respect of a protection of urban heritage? How and through which institutions are these implemented?