THE IMPORTANCE OF AWARENESS IN URBAN CONSERVATION AND THE ROLE OF CHILDREN, USKUDAR IN ISTANBUL AS A CASE STUDY

Abstract

As a result of industrial revolution, cities are faced with some problems due to rapid urbanization. Cities have became attraction centers due to the fact of rapid urbanization. Recently, the rapid increases in population and physical developments in cities have revealed some problems. It can be said that urban conservation is the biggest problem among others. Globalization process, cities' desire to become a world city, new investments for the city, intervention types and new planning techniques partially ignores the historic fabric. Conservation concept, gained importance after the 19th century overall, comes as secondarily in the cities which are in a struggle for globalization. Providing sustainability of social values and transferring them into the next generations, and the continuity of local culture can only be achieved by supporting the history. In the developing countries such as Turkey, in order to provide Sustainability of cultural heritage primarily, it is necessary to gain conservation consciousness. In this context, in this study, it is mentioned that conservation consciousness creation is necessary in order to transferring of cultural heritage to the next generations. Within this scope, children are the target group to create a public awareness. The importance of children relationship with the city, expansion of their city perception and their benefit to the community and their selves in the long term has been examined.. It has been emphasized the importance of children and childhood period in creating public awareness. Within this scope, An European Union Project has been examined about primary school students. The Project contains awareness studies in conservation in Uskudar, historical area of Istanbul.