Development of a framework for heritage conservation management of Arab District, Erbil, Iraq
Arab District has highly influenced Erbil city growth, contributing to its present shape and urban fabric form, though, historical urban areas and built cultural heritage are still treated as part of archaeological sites, where specific urban characteristics are not yet focused. Moreover, cons...
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| Language: | English |
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2020
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/98013/1/FRSB%202021%205%20UPMir.pdf |
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| Summary: | Arab District has highly influenced Erbil city growth, contributing to its present
shape and urban fabric form, though, historical urban areas and built cultural
heritage are still treated as part of archaeological sites, where specific urban
characteristics are not yet focused. Moreover, conservation, restoration and
rehabilitation processes are also not clarified by the Law, leaving a gap
between practical actions and official regulations. Confronting Arab District with
the two active Laws for heritage management (National Policy of Iraq N.55 of
2002 and Local Policy of Kurdistan region N.08 of 2008), it is observed that
unique values are put at risk, or even being lost, due to unclear directions and
guidelines for conservation processes. Based on this problem, this research
objectives are firstly to synthesise the best ICOMOS (International Council Of
Monuments and Sites) charters that can be applied to conservation of heritage
of Arab District, to analyse similar case references on conservation
management to work as base for a framework design and, finally, to develop a
framework for conservation management of heritage for Arab District, Erbil,
Iraq, seeking to effectively control preservation projects. This research adopts
literature review on tangible heritage, deeply identifying local and international
regulations, analysing similar cases of conservation management on heritage
and concepts of conservation management plans and frameworks to help on
the design for Arab District. The adopted methodology lies on a case study,
following a qualitative method that uses a Focused Group Discussion (F.G.D.),
with a group of experts from different areas and fields, under heritage
conservation, and online semi-structured questionnaires to a group of
specialists, with many years of experience, to properly obtain results. This
study contributes on proposing the concept of “conservation management
plans, from case references in other Arab countries, where their similar
problems have already been solved, could work as foundation for the
development of a conservation management framework for tangible heritage in
Arab District, Erbil, Iraq” and a conservation management framework with its evelopment recommendations. As key findings, the study identifies the Venice
Charter, the Charter on Built Vernacular Heritage, the Washington Charter and
the Burra Charter as some of the best ICOMOS charters belonging to
conservation management for historic cities, including Arab District, providing
reliable information for the framework development. The study of similar cases
showed different approaches to answer the same type of problems and
objectives, making it possible to isolate goals, strategy, actions, monitoring,
level of responsibility and reference to policies as main framework components
applied to specific themes of Arab District.
This study helps not just specialists, such as decision-makers, stakeholders,
planners, local government, archaeologists, and heritage professionals, but
also, the society itself, including the general public, educators, and community
group, having global impact towards humanity issues. |
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