Cultural heritage and urban sustainability: a case study from Central Anatolia

Sustainability is a notion searching a compatibility between use and the protection of the resources. The environment either natural or man-made deserves to be conserved as they are limited and have to be in use of future generations. The built-environment is composed of modern constructions as well as the remains of the past. They reflect a cultural evolution and have a distinct identity. Thus, cultural built heritage is a concern of urban sustainability and its conservation requires a multi-disciplinary, multi-period effort. Conservation being a well developed facet of planning is connected with the concept of liveability and the management of cultural heritage. In this paper a small town in Central Anatolia is tried to be introduced within its historical context and current situation shortly, and its future is tried to be discussed under the light of the above given concepts.