A Comparative Study of Urban Cultural Landscape

Abstract

This study is aiming to understand differences between approaches, organizations and applications of urban cultural landscape in different places. As a comparative study, this article is focusing on the American and Turkish urban cultural landscape features and patterns. In this paper, it was examined how Schein focuses on cultural landscape in his study area, Ashland Park, Kentucky. It is also attempting to find out how Schein incorporates historical and social development of Ashland Park, as a unique neighborhood, with its urban cultural landscape? Characteristics of urban cultural landscape, its developing stages and approaches were given in the study as selected genealogy of landscape. After the part of Schein’s interpretations about insurance mapping, zoning, historical preservation and neighborhood associations related to cultural landscape, comparisons between American and Turkish urban cultural landscapes, built and preservation processes in both of those countries were discussed through examples from different part of Turkey.