Annex 3. The UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape

Considering that historic urban areas are among the most abundant and diverse manifestations of our common cultural heritage, shaped by generations and constituting a key testimony to humankind 's endeavours and aspirations through space and time, Further considering that urban heritage is for humanity a social, cultural and economic asset, defi ned by an historic layering of values that have been produced by successive and existing cultures and an accu mulation of traditions and experiences, recognized as such in their diversity, Also considering that urbanization is proceeding at an unprecedented scale in the history of humankind and that throughout the world this is driving socio -economic change and growth, which should be harnessed at the local, national, regional and international levels,