Abstract
The rapid growth of the cities with transformation of traditional urban spaces has caused a gap between cultural characteristics of urban identities. The identity of a specific place emerges from a series of cultural and social features of the relevant society embodied in the physical forms and shapes of the urban area. The paper aims to attain an overall understanding of keeping urban identity alive throughout the time, by analyzing the cultural characteristics of urban space. The study tries to develop a conceptual model focusing on the tangible relationship between the place identity and the cultural manifestations of the city of Erbil. The study adopted the quantitative way to test whether tangible elements affect place identity. The results indicate that a combination between place identity and cultural places can fortify our experience of place, and understanding of the influence of identity on urban development.
Highlights
With the concept of place identity (PI), the investigation of the place can be done on what a place seems to be, and what are the common elements that formulate the characteristics of the place
Urban identity has been classified by urban theorists into three features: 1) Physical features, which shape the physical environment and the materialist fabric of the structure and opened places of a building; 2) Features of activities (Dynamic), which refer to the mutual interaction among people and the way that they use the physical fabric; and 3) Meanings features, which are connected to human-being conducts, behaviors, and expertise and include the signs, and symbols [8]
According to Stephenson [29], cultural landscape characteristics can be categorized into three categories: (i) forms, which refer to physical and tangible elements, and includes natural forms as vegetation, and human activities as structure and buildings; (ii) relationships, which are related to perception, thought, and symbol; and (iii) activities, which refer to the process
Summary
Urban identity has been classified by urban theorists into three features: 1) Physical features (static), which shape the physical environment and the materialist fabric of the structure and opened places of a building; 2) Features of activities (Dynamic), which refer to the mutual interaction among people and the way that they use the physical fabric; and 3) Meanings features (perceptual), which are connected to human-being conducts, behaviors, and expertise and include the signs, and symbols [8]. According to Stephenson [29], cultural landscape characteristics can be categorized into three categories: (i) forms, which refer to physical and tangible elements, and includes natural forms as vegetation, and human activities as structure and buildings; (ii) relationships, which are related to perception, thought, and symbol; and (iii) activities, which refer to the process. The following figure 3 lists some of the main elements that can be used for the study of (CL) in urban areas
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