The Intersection of Time, Space, and Heritage: Understanding and Managing Historic Rural Landscapes in Ankara

This talk presents an integrated approach to understanding and managing Ankara’s rural landscapes through the integration of data from literature, archival sources, and extensive field surveys, utilizing Geographical Information Systems (GIS) as a key tool.

It traces their spatio-temporal development by examining political and administrative systems, transportation networks, land use patterns, settlement history, and architectural characteristics. It also examines the socio-cultural and economic activities that have shaped these landscapes and the perceptual and emotional relationships that communities have developed with them over time. The study identifies multi-layered heritage values, challenges, and potentials across Ankara’s rural territory and evaluates their continuity and change over the longue durée. Building on these analyses, a GIS-based information and decision support system is developed to assist policymakers, researchers, and interdisciplinary experts interested in sustainable heritage management.

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