Integrated Conservation and Development Planning of Urban Spaces Based on Components of Historic Urban Landscape

The recent approach defines conservation as "thoughtful management of change" and recommends a vision-based approach to cultural heritage management. The UNESCO Recommendation (2011) provides a guidance on the international landscape-based approach to the historic urban landscape (HUL). This document is currently partially implemented by national and local governments. The current study aims to develop an evaluation framework to explain the differences and similarities between existing local policies and management practices and recommended by the historical urban landscape method, defined for four variables: attributes (what), values (why), Stakeholders (who) and strategies (how). The framework presented in this paper in the form of a methodological model based on the conservation and integrated development of the historic city reveals how cultural heritage is defined in the policy framework, both in terms of tangible and intangible heritage and in their combination. It is expected to explain the degree of deviation from various aspects, such as the level of implementation of the HUL approach and the like. This process was suggested in order to protect and control the developments of the historical urban landscape in the form of six measures, including conducting comprehensive surveys and mapping of urban resources, reaching consensus with stakeholders, assessing the vulnerability of urban resources, integrating urban heritage values, their vulnerability in the context of large-scale urban development, prioritizing conservation and development measures, and creating favorable cooperation within local management frameworks. This framework, using case study methods, can be tested on a larger scale as a monitoring tool to study changes at the program level for conservation management and urban development.