Models and techniques of renovation planning of historical areas in cities

Subject Areas : Geopolitic

Hossein Kalantari ¹ , احمد Pourahmad ²

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Received: 2015-01-14 Accepted : 2015-01-14 Published : 2005-10-23

Keywords: Historical area, renovation planning, theory, techniques, Gentrification&#x0D, &#x0D, and urban pur,

Abstract :

Historical areas in the cities are suffering from lack of development due totraditional texture, erosion of settled area, difficult access, weakness of infrastructures,environmental problems and so forth.Some projects have been done in different countries to solve the problems ofhistorical areas of the cities. These projects are in the following froms: renovation,restoration, and rehabilitation. Different phylosophical visions in urban planningcontrols the approaches. At the begining of industrial revolution up to 1960, historicalarea of cities were ignored by urban planners and so the planners were interested inmaking new cities. During this time, modifications were mainly temporary, just informs and regardless of social-economical conditions of the regions and cities.In the sixties, restoration of historical areas in cities and gentrification along withreconstruction of the old city and construction of new cities similar to the old onesbased on social norms and values were in the center of attention.In this time, rehabilitation, renovation, restoration of residentials in historical areawere prepared based on economical, social and form studies by using different ideasand suggestions. This paper reviews different techniques and models of renovation ofhistorical areas of the cities.