Abstract
In recent years, central and local governments have carried out studies to establish a legal administrative infrastructure for urban design and to develop urban design guidance to preserve the identity of historic cities under the pressure of rapid urbanization in Turkey. The main aim of this article is to explain how we implemented a participatory urban design guidance (PUrDeG) model for cultural heritage sites, which was developed as part of a research project. We explain how we used various techniques to engage various actors in preparing urban design guidelines for a cultural heritage site. In addition, the article discusses the importance of community engagement techniques and processes in developing urban design guidance, and the context of guidelines for sustainable conservation of cultural heritage sites with examples from the United Kingdom and Turkey. It then presents a case study conducted in the Hanlar District, a Unesco world heritage site in Bursa, Turkey. The case study includes research on planning decisions, site analysis, a survey of urban residents, in depth interviews with local artisans, and an urban design workshop with various actors. The main outcomes of this study include a presentation of how to use various community engagement techniques to prepare urban design guidelines for cultural heritage sites in Turkey, an urban design guidance system for Bursa, and a list of recommendations related to urban design guidelines for the Hanlar District and Bursa in the light of UK experience.
Highlights
Cultural heritage sites have many sociocultural and socioeconomic values that enable communities to relate to their past, and they have great importance in maintaining urban identity and memory
In heritage sites, central and local governments carry out urban development following urban design guidelines to preserve local characteristics (Madanipour, 1996; DETR & CABE, 2000). e guidelines should be developed in the context of every speci c city, district, or heritage site (Von Hausen, 2013)
E main aim of this study is to explain how the authors implemented the participatory urban design guidance (PUrDeG) model, which was developed as part of a research project conducted in the Hanlar District, which is a Unesco world heritage site in the city of Bursa. ree hypotheses are discussed in this article:
Summary
Cultural heritage sites have many sociocultural and socioeconomic values that enable communities to relate to their past, and they have great importance in maintaining urban identity and memory. Heritage studies are focused on sustainable conservation and development strategies in which community engagement and urban design tools play important roles (Özcan, 2009). Within this context, statutory or discretional urban design guidelines need to be designed and implemented to conserve the contextual uniformity, continuity, and authenticity of cultural heritage sites (Tiesdell et al, 1996). Two of the actions de ned in the Bursa and Cumalıkızık Management Plan were carried out as part of this study One of these is developing urban design guidelines speci c to the management sites in order to preserve local characteristics in accordance with urban design principles. E other one is balancing cultural values and socioeconomic status by ensuring the active participation and cooperation of the public to increase the quality of life (Bursa Site Management Unit, 2013)
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