Tables de concertation et préservation du patrimoine, solution porteuse ou chimère ? :
deux cas d’étude, le Vieux-Montréal et le mont Royal
Consensus building is a recent and increasingly widespread phenomenon. It is used in many areas, including urban planning, and more recently heritage protection. Consensus building appears to be an appropriate tool for municipal authorities to handle conflicts in development projects, especially those projects that are related to heritage protection. Our research focuses on the contribution of consensus building in the area of heritage preservation, and on the means put in place to achieve such a goal. Are round tables, as part of the consensus building process, appropriate in managing heritage sites?  Based on a theoretical discussion on consensus building in development issues, we compare two case studies, namely the Old Montréal and the Mount Royal round tables on consensus building. This analysis focuses on assessing the consensus building process and on developing a global vision for the future of the two heritage sectors under study. Our goal is to characterize the consensus building process used in Montréal and to evaluate its contribution to the field of heritage protection. The analysis of our two case studies reveals the existence of a distinctive consensus building process specific to Montréal, a process which however needs to be optimized.  We conclude our research with the need to improve the assessed consensus building process through a number of avenues to explore.
Participation Table de concertation Consensus building in development issues Consensus building process Participation Protection and development of the urbain heritage Historic district Natural and historic district Urban fights for heritage protection Round table of consensus building