Integrated management and services for urban development records, archives and information: a research agenda
| Date | 01 August 2003 |
| Pages | 83-90 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/09565690310485306 |
| Published date | 01 August 2003 |
| Author | Xiaomi An,Michael Cook |
| Subject Matter | Information & knowledge management |
Integrated
management and
services for urban
development records,
archives and
information: a research
agenda
Xiaomi An and
Michael Cook
Introduction
Urban development archives (UDA) are records
directly created in the conduct of activities of
urban planning, construction and management,
which have long-term preservation value for the
county and society, either in textual form,
cartography, diagrams or audio-videos. They
consist of all types of media in a variety of forms
(Ministry of Construction, 1997, article 2; 2001,
article 2).
The social functions of urban development
records (UDR) and urban development
archives (UDA) are widely accepted as
providing:
.a foundation for documenting the history
of urban development (UD)
professionals, for accumulating, storing
and sharing knowledge, techniques and
experience of UD activities;
.a reflection of modernization,
legalization, normalization,
accountability, democracy, transparency
and performance of urban planning and
management;
.an important reference for urban
construction, development control, the
use and maintenance of the built
environment, the reconstruction,
redevelopment, conservation of the built
environment, including planning for
disaster, calamity, catastrophe (e.g. war,
fire, earthquake, flood, etc. as well as for
the reconstruction and rebuilding of a
city);
.legal evidence for disputes such as the
ownership of land, real estate or
intellectual property, covering rights of
creators, creating agencies, as well as
citizens' legal rights and the public
interest;
.an important information resource for the
construction of urban development
information systems, informatization[1]
of urban development service,
e-government and digitizing city;
.important historical sources for academic
research on movement patterns within
urban development, economic
development, cultural development of
cities, environmental studies and urban
history; and
.authentic recordings of the cultural
heritage and historical appearance of the
built environment of a city, a nation and
the memory of the world throughout the
ages (An, 2002, pp. 34-5).
The authors
Xiaomi An is an Associate Professor at the Archives
College at Renmin University of China, Beijing, China.
Michael Cook is a Senior Research Fellow at the
University of Liverpool Centre for Archive Studies,
Liverpool, UK.
Keywords
Records management, Archives, Urban environment,
Urban regeneration, Record keeping
Abstract
This paper introduces a research agenda on ``integrated
management and services for urban development records,
archives and information'', a national research project
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of
China. It discusses seven aspects of the agenda:
background to the research, the research aims, the
research objectives and questions, focuses and hypothesis
of the project, analytical framework and methodology of
the project, research plans, and the expected outcomes
for the study.
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Records Management Journal
Volume 13 .Number 2 .2003 .pp. 83-90
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DOI 10.1108/09565690310485306
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