Bridging Manila’s Chinatown and Intramuros: The Belt and Road Initiative and Its Consequences for Historic Districts

• Main Authors: Saloma, Czarina, Akpedonu, Erik
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• Subjects: Architecture; Belt and Road Initiative; Chinatown; cultural and social technologies; heritage and infrastructure nexus; Manila; Philippines; Philippine state; practice theory
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/socialtransformations/vol7/iss2/5; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/socialtransformations/article/1114/viewcontent/ST_207.2_205_20Article_20__20Saloma_20and_20Akpedonu.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The notion of cultural heritage as both medium and outcome of sustainable development draws attention to how issues of heritage preservation and those of infrastructure and economic development are entwined. In this paper, we will analyze the challenges and opportunities that a proposed bridge proje...