Sustainability of site management in historical area

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Thesis Type: Postgraduate

Institution Of The Thesis: Bursa Uludağ University, FEN BİLİMLERİ ENSTİTÜSÜ, Turkey

Approval Date: 2019

Thesis Language: Turkish

Student: Gizem Öksüz Kuşçuoğlu

Supervisor: MURAT TAŞ

Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection

Abstract:

Historical area riches that express the common past of people in the same society, reveal their historical accumulation, and make sense not only for the society and future generations, but also for all humanity. Although preserving and utilization historical area is the main objective in the management of historical area, providing economic and social development along with protection, bringing the social expectations of the society into consideration for the next generation and humanity have brought out the concept of sustainability in protection. One of the key issues in this regard is participatory approaches to protection. The participatory approach in sustainable management aims to ensure that not to abstract the value from the society but to make it a valuable gathering place in cultural and social life and to contribute cultural heritage value in economic and social development. For the sustainability of site management in historical area, social awareness should be raised and this awareness should be raised about why values should be protected. The aim of preserving the participatory approach in sustainable management is not to isolate the value from the society but to ensure that the value is added to the society and take place in the cultural and social life and that the value of cultural heritage contributes to the economic and social development. In participatory approaches, the use in historical areas should be sustainable in economic, cultural and social terms, should not adversely affect the integrity of values and physical harm should be prevented when use with economic concerns comes to the fore. In order to ensure the sustainability of the management, the results and impacts of the area management plans implemented in historical areas should be measured, followed and influenced the next plan. The main purpose of this study is; to examine the sustainability of the site management in historical areas by considering the current and universal approaches to conservation and survival in the sense of ensuring the sustainability of management. In this study, primarily national and international publications on conservation and conservation of historical areas, conservation management issues have been examined and recommendations for sustainability of management of historical areas have been aimed.