%0 Journal Article %T The renewal of monumental urban areas as a response to a demand for sustainability while maintaining identity of the location. A case of Hankou (China) %A Pączek, Anna %J Przestrzeń Urbanistyka Architektura %V 2018 %R 10.4467/00000000PUA.18.014.8622 %N Volume 1/2018 %P 185-199 %K heritage preservation, sustainable development, colonialism %@ 2544-0853 %D 2018 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przestrzen-urbanistyka-architektura/article/odnowa-zabytkowych-obszarow-miejskich-jako-odpowiedz-na-potrzebe-zrownowazonego-rozwoju-przy-zachowaniu-tozsamosci-miejsca-przypadek-hankou-chiny %X The paper stresses the importance of heritage preservation in urban renewal and the need to use the economic and social processes that occur in the area for the benefit of sustainable development, with the example of former international concession in Hankou in Chinese province of Hubei. The author proves that in order to maintain a healthy urban identity it is justifiable to create architecture in harmony with pre-existing architecture and urban tissue.