Kentsel Miras için Risk Yönetimi: İzmir Örneği

Risk management for cultural heritage is a significant issue in conservation andmanagement studies. The Convention Concerning the Protection of the WorldCultural and Natural Heritage states that ensuring a good state of conservation of theproperty is a requirement for inscription on the World Heritage List. This paper aimsto develop a preliminary site-specific methodology for the urban heritage, the case ofhistoric centre of Izmir, which is the management site of the Historical Port City ofIzmir in the Tentative List from 2020. Although risks are diversified, the scope of thispaper is limited to physical risks affecting the spatial environment. The site-specificmethodological approach is constituted based on key sources of ICCROM andUNESCO and adopted for the urban heritage of Izmir.