İDEALKENT

Yazarlar: Dilek ERBEY

Konular:-

Anahtar Kelimeler:Cultural Heritage Sites,Conservation,Management Plans,Public Participation

Özet: The main problems for cultural heritage are the negative attitudes of the people who use or live in historic areas. They are unaware of these areas, do not embrace and share them and are unable to actively participate in their planning processes. Zoning plans for conservation are prepared in meetings with the participation of municipalities, governorships, relevant institutions, professional chambers and non-governmental organizations and the citizens affected by the plan. Management plans, which have emerged as an important conservation tool to solve the problems of cultural heritage, include an approach based on governance and participation by bringing together the relevant parties in decision-making processes. The UNESCO International Guide and Turkish national legislation require identifying and bringing together these actors when producing management plans. However, insufficient experience about how to ensure participation in Turkey and uncertainty due to insufficient definition of the principles of participation in legislation for conservation planning has negative effects on the applicability of the plans. Arnstein initiated an important discussion on participation in planning and identified the summit of active participation as citizen control. Achieving citizen control, an important factor in implementing the management plans for cultural heritage, is a significant criterion to increase plans' effectiveness. Models should be developed to ensure the active participation of the relevant actors and required by legislation and guides. Evaluation of the İstanbul Historic Peninsula Management Plan, an important example for management plans in Turkey, will serve as a guide for the principles to be developed in the future for the public to embrace cultural heritage areas and for the applicability of management plans.

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