Developing an Integrated Conservation and Revitalization Model to Provide Criteria and Indicators to Assess the Integration of Measures in Historic Urban Areas

Abstract: developing an integrated model, establishing a balance between conservation andrevitalization objectives in the historic environment, has always been a controversial issue in manycountries; however, they sometimes have a type of symbiotic relationship with each other. in this regard,the main aim of this paper is to answer this question: is it possible to provide an appropriate model for“integrated conservation and revitalization initiatives” in historic urban areas which contains criteria forintegrated conservation and revitalization in historic context? to answer the main question, the paper inthe first step examines the “integrated conservation model” and “integrated revitalization model”. theconcepts of “significance” and “economic vitality” are as the fundamental criteria in these models. inthe second step, the concept of “integrated conservation and revitalization” combines “significant” and“economic vitality” concepts together to explain different backgrounds. the “integrated conservation andrevitalization model” introduces the criteria and indicators for integration “conservation and revitalizationinitiatives” and provides an analytical framework for assessing the level of integration of strategiesand plans in historic urban areas. consequently, policy makers, planners, designers and managers canintroduce appropriate solutions based on the indicators and criteria of “integrated conservation andrevitalization” to achieve a balance and integration in their approaches in conservation and revitalizationplans. the validity of the proposed model could be examined in many different examples in similar ordifferent contexts and scales