Kalandar KAMALKHAN,Professor, Department of Architecture and Built Environment Technical University of Mombasa (TUM), Kenya

 

Introduction: Balancing urban heritage conservation with urban regeneration is a challenging task for professionals in the field of urban development. On the one hand, there is a need to conserve the existing heritage; on the other hand, there is a need for development. This creates a delicate balance between living with the past and striving for the future. This is a global issue affecting the conservation of historic cities and the need for such cities to develop. Innovative approaches are needed to balance the two, i.e. heritage conservation and urban regeneration. In this paper, I will look at the urban regeneration plan of the Old Town of Mombasa in Kenya which is a gazetted (protected) national site/monument and which also acts as a buffer zone to the world-renowned Fort Jesus which is a World Heritage site inscribed under UNESCO’s World Heritage List.