City Heart Research Articles

Mosque Management in Urban City: Bargaining between the Sacred and the Social Challenges

A mosque serves as a pivotal element in the structure of a Muslim community. The function of a mosque extends beyond its religious capacity as a place for worship, playing a vital role in addressing the social problems that the community faces. To explore this, the present study focuses on the strategy employed by Masjid Raya Bandung to manage and overcome various social problems around its vicinity. Utilising a descriptive-analytical approach, the present study aims to depict the existing social phenomena around Masjid Raya Bandung (The Grand Mosque of Bandung) in the Province of West Java, Indonesia, with specific research variables. Non-documentary data is obtained through participant observation and in-depth interviews. Located in the city's heart, across the city hall, a place of public gathering, the Grand Mosque of Bandung operates within a business and materialistic environment. The faced challenges include sanitation issues, unregulated street vendors tied to an informal economy, prevalent crime, covert prostitution in the vicinity, and escalating consumerism from nearby shopping centres. The study underscores the mosque as not only a spiritual oasis but also a socio-religious institution actively participating in providing solutions for various social issues within its urban setting. It is confirmed that the mosque's function is not only for ritual things but also for social activities in urban Islamic societies, particularly in managing and overcoming various social problems that surround the mosque.

Attitune music: the econometrics of jazz

Theoretical basis This study aims to use a variant from the family of discrete choice models, i.e. the logit model, to analyse the relationship between the Y dependent and X explanatory variables. This model addresses the linear probability model's main drawback by constraining the probabilities of the Y outcome between 0 and 1. The logit model also offers an extra advantage, in that it can provide odd ratio estimations. Research methodology This is a compact case written specifically to teach statistics, econometrics and research method. It has an accompanying data set for the case-users to do hands-on statistical analyses. The data set has been collected from a questionnaire survey from the students enrolled in Attitune, i.e. the music school that the case protagonist founded. Case overview/synopsis The case revolves around a relatively new music school, Attitune Music, established in July 2017 in the heart of the capital city of a northern state in Malaysia. Michael Lee Wei-Pin was the founder of Attitune Music Sdn. Bhd. He was also one of the four music instructors of Attitune Music. His speciality instruments were the guitar and the piano. The case opens with the case protagonist, Michael, pondering over Attitune’s performance in terms of its music students’ enrolment. Attitune faced a major challenge – its student enrolment had remained more or less constant since its establishment. Low and/or constant number of students could ultimately translate into stagnant or even worse, shrinking revenues for Attitune. To attract more students, Michael had been toying with the idea of injecting new elements into Attitune’s music lessons, something different from what other music schools were offering and that could be unique selling points for Attitune. With this in mind, Michael surveyed Attitune’s students to gather information that could help him gauge the potential and feasibility of his idea. Complexity academic level This case is well positioned to be perhaps the pioneer Malaysian teaching case to be written to teach courses in statistics, econometrics and research methods. The case can be easily adapted to teach at either the introductory or at an advanced level.

PROJECT INDIGO – DOCUMENT, DISSEMINATE & ANALYSE A GRAFFITI-SCAPE

Abstract. Graffiti is a short-lived form of heritage balancing between tangible and intangible, offensive and pleasant. Graffiti makes people laugh, wonder, angry, think. These conflicting traits are all present along Vienna's Donaukanal (Eng. Danube Canal), a recreational hotspot – located in the city's heart – famous for its endless display of graffiti. The graffiti-focused heritage science project INDIGO aims to build the basis to systematically document, monitor, and analyse circa 13 km of Donaukanal graffiti in the next decade. The first part of this paper details INDIGO's goals and overarching methodological framework, simultaneously placing it into the broader landscape of graffiti research. The second part of the text concentrates on INDIGO's graffiti documentation activities. Given the project's aim to create a spatially, spectrally, and temporally accurate record of all possible mark-makings attached in (il)legal ways to the public urban surfaces of the Donaukanal, it seems appropriate to provide insights on the photographic plus image-based modelling activities that form the foundation of INDIGO's graffiti recording strategy. The text ends with some envisioned strategies to streamline image acquisition and process the anticipated hundreds of thousands of images.

Toward Sustainable Tourism in Qatar: Msheireb Downtown Doha as a Case Study

Qatar has developed a strategy of sustainable tourism and development, which focuses on highlighting the spirit of the Qatari identity and heritage. This strategy goes hand in hand together with the line of the Qatar National Vision 2030. Hence, Msheireb Properties, which is a real estate development company and a subsidiary of Qatar Foundation, focuses in developing a sustainable tourism strategy. Thus, Qatari cultural heritage presented in the heart of the post-modern futuristic city of Msheireb through the project of Msheireb Museums that are hosted in four traditional houses. Msheireb Properties renovated the four houses in a sustainable way that aimed to create a dynamic relationship between tourism and cultural heritage. Msheireb Properties preserved models of traditional architecture through the establishment of Msheireb Museums. This article discusses the development of sustainable tourism in Qatar and the preservation of the Qatari cultural heritage and identity through the story of two museums in Msheireb, the Radwani House Museum and the Company House Museum.

A fountain as the “first thing” in the urban genetics

Often placed in the heart of old cities, the fountain has not become a focus of architectural problematics, being pushed aside by more monumental and significant constructions and large-scale issues. When identifying the origins of the city, or its source, one usually thinks of something harder than water and more pragmatic than fine streams. However, the sources are of special magic, which, as claimed by Vitruvius, traces its origin to the Egyptians, and from which all cities take their origin. The article makes an attempt to study the phenomenon of fountains and to comprehend its scope.

Music, Migration, and Public Space: Syrian Street Music in the Political Context

Due to the lack of social systems supporting the cultural productions of migrant societies in Turkey, the venues and opportunities to which migrant musicians have access for the maintenance of their musical practices are limited. Under the given circumstances, especially in the first years after their arrival, street musicianship emerged as a new musical practice for Syrian musicians in Istanbul, and Beyoğlu District, the city’s cultural and political center, has become the venue for street musicians’ performances. Despite undergoing a rapid neoliberal transformation, Beyoğlu district, with Taksim Square and Istiklal Avenue, is a venue of interaction among locals, tourists, and various migrant groups from diverse social classes and identities. As such, it still possesses the potential to be the public sphere which can operate as the space of “a democratic ideal.” For migrant musicians, the street music practices, which fill the very heart of city with their voices and sounds, are means of claiming their existence in the city as potential actors of this public sphere. However, conducting the interaction with the other public space actors and the state officials through street music is not an easy task for Syrian musicians, and it requires the use of tactics from them. In this article, I summarize the given circumstances of Syrian street music performances and discuss the Beyoğlu district in the frame of being—or not being—a public space. I propose street music practice as political action, a “social non-movement”, as Asef Bayat calls it, and situate migrant musicians as political actors who are possible allies of other subaltern groups in Turkey.

Developing a Small Baby Program for the Extremely Low Birth Weight: The Wee CARE Team

The Children's Hospital at Providence (TCHaP) is a hospital within a hospital, in the heart of Alaska's biggest city, Anchorage. TCHaP admits up to 60 extremely low birth weight (ELBW) neonates per year. The ELBW population, although small in number, contributes disproportionately to rates of death or serious morbidities. Nationally, ELBW is defined as a neonate born at a gestational age between 22 and 29 weeks. In 2014, only 38 percent of neonates born in Alaska <28 weeks survived without experiencing major morbidities. For those born <26 weeks, morbidity-free survival dropped to 25 percent. Discussions were held among NICU nursing leaders, clinical nurses, and physicians about current co-morbidities and potentially best practices to improve outcomes. Subsequently, the group decided to develop best practices for managing the care of the ELBW, which started by organizing a group of specialists. This group at TCHaP is called the Wee CARE team.

The vision of an open, transferable, hybrid reading hub in urban Greece

In recent years the traditional concept of the library has been drastically diversified. Libraries appear in different forms, adding collections of content beyond books, expanding already existing services and developing new ones, while focusing on their engagement with audiences. This visual essay presents CLOISTER, a vision of an open, inclusive, non-profit, physical and digital reading space to be located in the heart of the Greek city. CLOISTER is envisioned as a sustainable, transferable and inviting library construction, that aims to disrupt the city flow by offering a new reading and collaboration space. The design of this pop-up library is inspired by the Athenian Agora, with its covered arcades and the open porticos running along building walls. The project aspires to transform Greek city squares by challenging the fixity of reading spaces and empowering the city pulse.

STRATEGI PENANGANAN KAWASAN PEMUKIMAN KUMUH DI KELURAHAN TANAH DATAR KECAMATAN PEKANBARU KOTA KOTA PEKANBARU

The development of slums in urban areas is inseparable of the increases in population and population activity. In addition, undirected and unplanned development also supports the degradation of the quality of residential environment. One area that is included in the slum area is located in Tanah Datar Sub-District. The residential area of Tanah Datar Sub-District is right in the heart of Pekanbaru city. Thus, living conditions and the welfare of the people who live in these settlements greatly affect the face of a city. The characteristics and conditions of slums in each region is different. Thus, this study aims to identify the condition of a residential area in order to determine alternatives to handling slum areas appropriately. The method used is exploratory descriptive of phenomena and facts relating to the condition of the community and the environment of slum areas based on real facts, expert opinion and the criteria of the Minister of PUPR Regulation Number 14/PRT/M/2018. The results showed that in achieving the goal of handling slum areas, the priority of government policy and budget allocation alignments be the most important factor. Then, strengthen government collaboration with relevant stakeholders and handling based on the priority scale required by the residential area.

KETERHUBUNGAN SENSOR INDRA ANAK DENGAN ELEMEN ARSITEKTURAL TAMAN LALU LINTAS ADE IRMA SURYANI NASUTION

Abstrak- Ruang publik memegang peranan penting bagi suatu wilayah. Sebagai wadah aktivitas komunal, ruang publik perlu diintegrasikan pada perancangan kota secara menyeluruh. Sayangnya, para arsitek dan perancang kota sering melupakan bahwa subjek pengguna ruang publik tidak hanya orang dewasa. Anak-anak juga memerlukan adanya ruang publik sebagai tempat mereka untuk tumbuh dan berkembang. Proses perkembangan awal manusia atau lebih dikenal sebagai fase kanak-kanak perlu diakomodasi oleh wadah yang memadai, salah satu caranya adalah dengan perancangan area publik yang ramah anak. Area publik anak perlu menumbuhkan minat anak dalam mengenal lingkungan tanpa melupakan pengalaman yang menyenangkan selama berkegiatan di dalamnya. Area bermain dianggap sebagai bentuk ruang publik yang baik untuk anak-anak, terutama dalam tahapan pengenalan interaksi sosial serta stimulasi sensor indra. Tumbuh kembang anak sangat dipengaruhi oleh peran sensor indra, terutama indra peraba dan penglihatan. Dua hal ini menjadi titik fokus penelitian penyesuaian anak dengan elemen arsitektural ruang publik ramah anak.Pada lingkup Bandung, Taman Lalu Lintas Ade Irma Suryani Nasution merupakan salah satu ruang publik ramah anak yang terletak di tengah kota dan kerap kali ramai dikunjungi keluarga serta anak-anak. Pada tahun 2017 silam, taman ini mengalami revitalisasi besar oleh Labo+ Architecture and Design yang menajamkan kembali visi Yayasan Taman Lalu Lintas mengenai edukasi pejalan kaki dan pengendara. Ruang publik ramah anak ini menjadi elemen kota yang penting untuk dibahas dan diteliti lebih lanjut. Penelitian dilakukan dengan mendata karakteristik material area bermain anak, kemudian dilanjutkan dengan analisis perilaku dan preferensi anak-anak. Teknik observasi dipilih dalam proses penelitian, dengan jumlah sampel 30 balita dan atau anak-anak.Proses pembelajaran anak berlangsung pada area bermain. Pengalaman anak dalam mempelajari lingkungannya sangat dipengaruhi oleh penampilan visual serta bentuk dan tekstur material sarana bermain yang tersedia. Stimulus lingkungan fisik baik alami maupun buatan rupanya sangat berpengaruh pada respon anak-anak yang terlihat dari ekspresi wajah. Rupanya, pengalaman bermain pada Taman Lalu Lintas Ade Irma Suryani Nasution meninggalkan kesan yang positif pada anak-anak yang datang.

NO CORAÇÃO DA CIDADE DE SÃO PAULO O SABER TEOLÓGICO DIALOGANTE

O escopo do Artigo quer apresentar o itinerário da Universidade, nascida no coração da Europa Medieval, até o nascimento da Faculdade de Teologia Nossa Senhora da Assunção, instalada no coração da cidade de São Paulo, em 1949. No coração da cidade de São Paulo, em 20 de setembro de 1949, do querer do cardeal arcebispo de São Paulo, Dom Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta, nasceu a Faculdade de Teologia, efetivamente instalada em 07 de março de 1950, no Pontificado de Pio XII. Naquele momento, beneficiou-se a metrópole que se agigantava e ganhou a Igreja no Brasil com o novo ambiente acadêmico que nascia. Por meio da cidade que crescia com seus arranha-céus, o saber teológico possibilitou o homem daquele momento buscar o conhecimento dos céus. A pauliceia desvairada via sua gente investigar a presença de Deus na História, bebendo das Sagradas Escrituras e pesquisando, por intermédio das Fontes, o dinamismo e envolvimento da célere metrópole.

The Street and the Screen: Egyptian Tentmakers and Craft Online

The tentmakers of Cairo have a history of resiliently adapting their craft to the demands of the world around them. For generations, operating from small workshops in the heart of the historic city of Cairo, they have responded to local and international demand, as well as speculatively developing new products based on their own vision and understanding of their market. Today, these craftsmen, working in the decorative technique of needle-turned cotton-on-canvas appliqué known as khayamiya (from the Arabic for “tent”) and utilizing social media and the Internet, have developed new understandings of their craft heritage through engagement with global craft networks and international forums. The tentmakers’ craft practice is linked to changing uses and production of khayamiya, the vulnerability of Egyptian tourism, and local perceptions regarding the value of khayamiya as a craft. Despite fears relating to the sustainability of the craft, the future of the tentmakers gives cause for optimism.New international markets - namely western craft exhibitions specialized either in quilts and textiles - are changing khayamiya design. They bring a new appreciation of the craft for audiences with little previous exposure to Egyptian craft and heritage, supporting the competitive drive for higher-quality objects. Use of online spaces - Facebook, Etsy, and Instagram - challenge some of the foundations of the craft, such as who becomes a tentmaker, how their businesses operate, attitudes to the ownership of designs, and the introduction of new visual elements and business collaborations. This paper will review these forward-looking implications for Egyptian khayamiya, noting how the dynamics of the street and the screen are shaping global engagement with this contemporary craft. The research relies on conversations with the tentmakers and online research carried out by the authors in 2019.

Towards a sustainable city through system innovation implementation: Case study of reinventing Kebon Sirih Jakarta as an inclusive tourism spot

A tourism spot at the heart of the Jakarta-capital city of Indonesia is facing a crisis due to the fast-growing city development. Action research to revitalize Kebon Sirih tourism is implemented. Using Asset Based Community Development approach in unveiling the current potentials and with system innovation principles to connect and coordinate stakeholders while initiating the development of three iconic communitybased tourism activities: Cultural Exhibition Centre, Culinary Centre, and Environmental program in Kebon Sirih. This initiative is realized through the collaboration of academes (DRD, BPPT, IPB, DKJ), LGU’s, community organizations (Rujak Center, Sanggar AKAR, and Saung Angklung Udjo), and the local community.

Asset-building and social inclusion: A qualitative analysis of families’ perspectives

SummarySocial inclusion has historically been one of the key goals of the welfare state. Over the past two decades, an increasing number of policies have aimed to promote inclusion by connecting low-income families to mainstream financial services and enabling them to save and acquire assets. Building on the concept of the “paradox of inclusion,” this article examines whether and how policies that aim to include low-income families in asset accumulation do so in ways that risk reinforcing their exclusion. The article focuses on a case study of a matched savings program in the heart of a major American city, gathering evidence through in-depth interviews with 24 clients in the program and ethnographic observations at the agency implementing the program.FindingsFindings show that the program enhances families’ feelings of social inclusion, but it also creates the possibility for social exclusion in two distinctive ways: teaching families to save even under challenging circumstances and encouraging them to pursue the risky venture of homeownership.ApplicationThis research suggests that addressing the structural sources of poverty and training social workers to be more sensitive to low-income families’ distinctive circumstances are necessary to ensure that they are included as full members of society.

背景 The View from 2010

背景 The View from 2010 Xu Xi In 2010, the second morning of the Year of the Pig is the day after Valentine's. Hong Kong's in a good mood. On ATV Home, Harmony News broadcasts a senior citizen activity organized by a Christian social welfare group. Its goal—to reproduce past times by displaying personal possessions these seniors have preserved and staging pop songs and dances they perform, sporting makeup, wigs, and clothing from their youth. One woman could still wear her wedding dress. Today, ATV no longer exists, this free-to-air television station with two language channels—Cantonese Home and English World. The station died on April 1, 2016, its license renewal denied by the Hong Kong government. Home couldn't compete with more commercially popular TVB Jade, though World gave TVB Pearl a run for its money. ATV World was perhaps too good at broadcasting all our news in English, the global language, news too readily rebroadcast worldwide, because by 2016, protests in my city had grown louder, and discontents simmered to a dangerous boil. But on the second day of that Pig year, I am watching Home because mornings are when I catch up on local news, harmonious or contentious, in Cantonese, the language of my city's heart. Our minority language, English, has less to say locally in the mornings, and the Anglo channels—CNN, BBC, Australian Broadcasting, as well as France 24, NHK, Arirang, Al Jazeer, DW, all that foreign media—have fewer correspondents than in days of yore, when Britannia still ruled waves, and us. ________ It's impossible, if not heretical, to consider my city today without that "view from behind" of our 背景, as Chinese articulates a background or backstory. In February 2010, I move home once again to live in my birth city; it's the last time I'll do so. My personal 背景 of courage, cowardice, and compromise is this insider's entry path to reflect on our chaotic present. It takes courage for protesters to wave the British flag in 2019, when the world is witnessing the largest and most prolonged protests by the citizenry, some of whom perpetrate the worst violence in Hong Kong's [End Page 588] history. Nineteenth-century gunboat diplomacy—how unequal treaties were signed in favor of the colonizer—seems tame by comparison. Is it Dutch courage or true heroism Grandma Wong displays, this sixty-plus-year-old who consistently appears, wielding a large Union Jack? She will not compromise: Hong Kong under England, she claims, had a future. Many protesters do not agree; as a colonized people, we were second-class citizens. Likewise, the courageous minorities on different spectrums—those demanding independence, freed of Chinese rule; those resorting to violence, risking arrest, because only then will they not be ignored—they, too, cannot compromise. Most protesters disagree, but the more recalcitrant the local government's stance, in line with China's unwillingness to accede to demands for greater democracy, the more likely the protests and strikes will be prolonged, with perhaps more violence and even louder cries for independence. The ball is in the Hong Kong government's court, more than it's ever been in the history of our city, and they must find the right compromise. It troubles me to see such outrage in our streets, grassroots courage, a courage that should have manifested much earlier in our short history. To mount a real revolution, as opposed to the polite tea parties1 of Hong Kong's numerous protest marches. The Chairman knew: revolution was the Long March, bloodshed and sacrifice, something Hong Kong's youth are finally discovering late, too late. Should I have had the courage to abandon my family and city when I was younger, as young as many of these protesters are today? In the journey of my private revolution, I, too, did not find courage soon enough to completely transform my life. ________ I left Hong Kong for good in the fall of 2018. Since my first departure at the age of seventeen, it's been a lifelong shuttle, mostly between New York and Hong Kong, in my quest to live...

Building Smart Cities by Using Enterprise GIS in Saudi Arabia

Big Cities and capitals are becoming overcrowded and hard to get future development prospect. New self-sustaining cities are becoming a smart substitutional solution to those old cities. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and information technology infrastructure (ITI) are at the core of these new self-sustaining cities enabling highly integrated services and real-time city monitoring by a network of sensors, wireless devices, cameras, and unified portals connected to massive data centers. All that for creating sustainable economic development and high quality of life by empowering various keys like energy, economy, efficiency, environment, mobility, communication, governance, transportation, people and leverage the quality of life. The Geographic information system (GIS) playing a big role in the smart city architecture and Royal commission in industrial yanbu city (RCY) build their smart city based on Enterprise GIS and open access network (OAN). “Geospatial technologies, such as modern geographic information systems (GIS) and data capturing technologies, are at the heart of the smart city, because understanding the ‘WHERE’ component is critical for making an informed decision. Geospatial technologies largely meet these communication needs, while emphasizing the geographical aspect, which plays a fundamental role in optimizing the understanding and management of the urban space”. [1].

Pattern of Mortality in Sudden Natural Death in North Delhi A Prospective Autopsy Study

Objectives: In every population, the pattern of sudden natural deaths is often associated with the epidemiologicprofile of certain common killer diseases. The common belief has been that infectious/communicablediseases are the most common reasons of mortality. However, changing lifestyle, increasing literacy leveland advanced healthcare fascilities in India have impacted immensely on the causes of death. We, therefore,planned to determine the etiology and epidemiologic characteristics of sudden death at Hindurao hospital atNorth Delhi. The high incidence of sudden, unexpected death in the heart of the capital city is still an enigmaand hence we decided to analyse the cases of sudden death in the last two years at our hospital. This studywas conducted to illustrate etiolopathology, risk factors and triggers of sudden death with the aim to providenew insight in epidemiological aspects of sudden death. This should help in care of patients, and preventionof sudden death.Method: A prospective study of 124 cases of sudden death was conducted at a tertiary care hospital at NorthDelhi. After evaluating detailed history from the family members, autopsy has been performed to find outcause of sudden death.Results: The main etiology of sudden death is cardiovascular disease. Highest numbers of sudden deathare in old age group. Male patients succumbed to sudden death more which may be related to multiplecomorbidities in them. Sudden deaths were more encountered during winters and in morning hours. Thereare some autopsy negative cases, which are unexplained sudden death.Conclusions: Cardiovascular, respiratory disorders and central nervous system were the major causesof sudden natural death. Seasonal variation of sudden death especially from respiratory causes may beattributed to rise in pollution and poor air quality during winter season in Delhi.

Novel predation opportunities in anthropogenic landscapes

Novel ecosystems (‘emerging ecosystems’) result when species occur in combinations and relative abundances that have not occurred previously within a given biome, due to deliberate or inadvertent human agency. Humans have changed the environment through disturbance, physical structures or additional resources. Many vertebrate predators inhabit cities, towns and other places that humans have built or altered, and make use of these anthropogenic niches. These predators range in size from bats swarming around lamp posts, to leopards stalking domestic animals in the heart of cities. In this essay, we describe four scenarios where predators opportunistically make use of anthropogenic niches. First, humans are surrounded by animals, including synanthropic rodents and birds, livestock and pets, that can be novel prey for opportunistic predators. Second, feeding on prey concentrations created through anthropogenic niches increases their hunting efficiency, by reducing both search and commute times. Third, anthropogenic environments create novel situations such as thermals and artificial lighting that advantage some predators, increasing their capture success. Finally, many predators have developed novel hunting strategies to make the most of opportunities in anthropogenic environments that can lead to greater hunting success. We give examples of these four scenarios and have developed a conceptual model that captures the common mechanisms relevant to each, with predictions for how these can be explored further in future studies. Predators exploiting anthropogenic niches can experience greater ease of hunting, decreased search effort and/or increased capture success. Consequently, these animals experience many physiological and reproductive benefits over conspecifics that do not make similar use of anthropogenic niches, ultimately benefitting from living alongside humans.

Revitalizing Responsive Urban Open Spaces

In the past, urban built environment has unexpectedly responded to social and cultural values as well as political and functional needs. The spaces have to respond to qualitative needs as well as qualitative needs of people generating authentic and unique characteristics. Most of the cities lost their identity and legibility as a result of rapid development and their consequential destructions. This is directly affected to create socially unresponsive urban space in all over the city. Open spaces are necessary constituent of a positive image and responsiveness to the city. But that is also in a threat of lost space in an urban situation as an urban space. Therefore there is need of meaningful, socially responsive urban open spaces “that are capable to accommodate various urban public activities. Thus the study focused on positive transformation of open space in heart of city, as a responsive urban space in a city.

Perception And Attachment Of Local Residents Toward Sustainable Conservation Programs: A Study Of The Developing Historic City

Owing to its colonial past, the Subcontinent Asia inherited diversified heritage and vibrant culture. Pakistan, being central part of the subcontinent, offers the provision of numerous traditional heritage sites and sense of belongingness. The heart of Pakistan and second largest city, Lahore, is selected as the focal region for the purpose of this study. Historically speaking, it is believed to be 2000 years old city and thus many of its ancient places are characterized as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Over the last several decades, many of world heritage sites of Pakistan have come under increasing pressure, as a result of a growing human population and urbanization. Considering these dynamics, the study of its urban conservation and heritage management practices are of paramount importance. The study aims to analyze the effect of attachment and perception on the sense of belongingness, with mediating effect of involvement of residents in world heritage sites (WHS) programs. The data is obtained from 256 respondent living in the areas of the Walled city of Lahore, and stepwise multiple regression models were used to test hypotheses. The results depicts that perception, both positive and negative, does not affect the involvement of residents in WHS programs, and it also does not affect the sense of belonging. People and place attachment has a significant relationship with both involvements of residents in WHS programs and a sense of belonging. Involvement of residents in WHS programs also has a significant partial mediating effect on the relationship between attachment and perception on a sense of belonging. Research can be helpful to conduct more effective conservation programs, by involving the public of the specific area. Tourism industry has a unique and critical role to play in the sustainable development of Pakistan, and offers solutions to many of its problems. There is high need to sustain the tourism attraction and preserve the heritage. Putting the tourism industry at low priority has led to no development in tour industry and historical sites. The conservation of cultural heritage and the objective of sustainable tourism development can only be realized if stakeholders take care of the issues faced by the sector in a coordinated manner. The major challenge for the policy makers is to stimulate tourism in a sustainable fashion, with minimal negative impacts on local culture and natural environment.