Urbs - Magyar várostörténeti évkönyv 6. (Budapest, 2011)
Recenziók
Abstracts 413 protected, and most importantly, taking protective measures. Sites have to be protected primarily by prevention, although rescue action is also sometimes necessary. Under the principle of sustainable use, archaeological sites may only be used to an extent that does not severely reduce their content and or significantly damage their original interrelationships. The archaeological heritage is unique and cannot be reconstructed: data lost from destruction or damage of a prehistoric settlement, Hungarian Conquest-era graveyard or Roman villa cannot be restored even by the most thorough excavation of another prehistoric settlement, Conquest-era graveyard or Roman villa. All the same, the city, Budapest, continues to develop. Developers of underground garages and office buildings naturally wish to site their projects at convenient points of the city. The result, almost without exception, is disturbance to the historic urban core. Housing estates tend to be built in places which have not been densely built up in recent times, but have good access. These points also tend to have been favoured for habitation hundreds of years ago, or by the Romans. Meanwhile, elements of the archaeological heritage have to be preserved, where possible, at the original findspot and in their original condition and context. How can these two apparently conflicting aims - building and avoiding damage or waste of the archaeological heritage - be reconciled without putting a barrier on development? This paper tells how this problem is being solved in Budapest. TAMÁS SZAKÁLY The morphological development and social conditions of Inner Erzsébetváros up to the Second World War All human settlements, and particularly cities, bear the marks of the demands of society. These demands determine the development and decline of the town, and by what routes, by the agents of history, politics, economics and culture. People have a desire for progress, but also cling to traditions, and these two tendencies interact in the formulation of demands. A city which breaks from its own traditions, experience and roots can easily lose its place. The city is therefore a curious formation: to a certain extent, despite being planned and requiring planning, it lives a life of its own. Urban planning is a science of
