Introduction

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Built Heritage (CN 31-2123/G0, ISSN 2096-3041) is an international journal published quarterly, indexed in CSCD, DOAJ and Scopus, sponsored by Tongji University, co-published by Tongji University Press and Springer Nature. It is devoted to all aspects regarding the research, conservation, and regeneration of historic buildings, settlements, and sites. It is the first journal in China published in English that integrates built heritage conservation in the multidisciplinary sphere of architecture, urban and rural planning, and landscape architecture, offering support to the debate on the field from a critical perspective, actively engaging with hot topics and the latest discussions. The editor-in-chief Chang Qing is Professor of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tongji University and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The co-editor-in-chief Zhou Jian is Professor of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tongji University and the Secretary-General of the World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (WHITRAP).​​

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