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Z Ozcan

Abstract

Cultural heritage and urban sustainability: a case study from Central Anatolia Z. Ozcan Department of City and Regional Planning, Gazi University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Turkey. Abstract Sustainability is a notion searching a compatibility between use and the protection of the resources. The environment either natural or man-made deserves to be conserved as they me limited and have to be in use of future generations. The built-environment is composed of modern constructions as well as the remains of the past. They reflect a cultural evolution and have a distinct identity. Thus, cultural built heritage is a concern of urban sustainability and its conservation requires a multi-disciplinary, multi-period effort. Conservation being a well developed facet of planning is connected with the concept of liveability and the management of cultural heritage. In this paper a small town in Central Anatolia is tried to be introduced within its historical context and current situation shortly, and its future is tried to be discussed under the light of the above given concepts. 1 Introduction The term sustainability has been a key word for various subjects and professions concerning the continuity of human life with his surrounding. The definition covers the basic principle that there must be compatibility between use and the qualitative and quantitative conservation of resources. In this sense, sustainability can be thought of in two main categories, each of which cannot be considered alone. When the protection of the environment is mentioned, it includes not only the natural but also the built environment. Here, in this paper the main concern will be on the sustainability of the built one. Even in this case the subject needs to be limited, as the built environment implies constructions of all types including transport means, infrastructure, public utilities where the

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