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Yazarlar: Meltem UÇAR, Mert Nezih RİFAİOĞLU

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Historic environment,Urban conservation,Culture,Local identity,User

Özet: The values, symbols and functions, which are attributed by local people to urban spaces through their social, cultural and economic backgrounds, give references about the cultural identity of a historic urban context. Hence, citizens’ way of defining their living environment base on their feelings, beliefs and memories is a complementary part of cultural identity of a historic area. Therefore, the physical formation is not enough in setting the identity of historic urban contexts, the meanings and functions attributed by users should also be considered in conservation decisions. This article aims to explain the importance of protection of cultural identity, which is evidently formed by the integration of social, cultural and physical aspects of a historic urban context. In this sense, the importance of local identity in conservation of a place is emphasized in accordance with contemporary conservation approaches, the basic problems and solution proposals for protection of local identity in urban context are explicated under the topics of identification, protection and presentation. These subjects are investigated in the historic centre of Quebec City which is the paramount sample of conservation of local identity.  

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