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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Akram, Omar Khasro
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Art
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/98013/1/FRSB%202021%205%20UPMir.pdf
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my-upm-ir.98013
record_format uketd_dc
spelling my-upm-ir.980132022-07-12T04:58:03Z Development of a framework for heritage conservation management of Arab District, Erbil, Iraq 2020-10 Akram, Omar Khasro 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. Art, Renaissance - Islamic influences Arab countries - Social life and customs 2020-10 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/98013/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/98013/1/FRSB%202021%205%20UPMir.pdf text en public doctoral Universiti Putra Malaysia Art, Renaissance - Islamic influences Arab countries - Social life and customs Ismail, Sumarni
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
collection PSAS Institutional Repository
language English
advisor Ismail, Sumarni
topic Art
Renaissance - Islamic influences
Arab countries - Social life and customs

spellingShingle Art
Renaissance - Islamic influences
Arab countries - Social life and customs

Akram, Omar Khasro
Development of a framework for heritage conservation management of Arab District, Erbil, Iraq
description 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.
format Thesis
qualification_level Doctorate
author Akram, Omar Khasro
author_facet Akram, Omar Khasro
author_sort Akram, Omar Khasro
title Development of a framework for heritage conservation management of Arab District, Erbil, Iraq
title_short Development of a framework for heritage conservation management of Arab District, Erbil, Iraq
title_full Development of a framework for heritage conservation management of Arab District, Erbil, Iraq
title_fullStr Development of a framework for heritage conservation management of Arab District, Erbil, Iraq
title_full_unstemmed Development of a framework for heritage conservation management of Arab District, Erbil, Iraq
title_sort development of a framework for heritage conservation management of arab district, erbil, iraq
granting_institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2020
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/98013/1/FRSB%202021%205%20UPMir.pdf
_version_ 1747813829056659456