Complex City Istanbul: managing a global heritage city

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This paper focuses on multi-layered historic urban areas inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in global cities, which are threatened by economic and urban development pressures. The significance of each site, limitations of existing legal instruments and decision-making mechanisms, along with participation of a broad range of actors to the management process at different stages generate complexities in their management. In this respect, this paper aims to understand and explain the complexities of managing global heritage cities, to assess the existing planning and management systems, and to identify effective strategies and instruments to cope with these challenges. This aim is achieved through the employment of a case study analysis concerning the management of the World Heritage Site in Istanbul. In conclusion, this paper intends to make an original contribution to literature by introducing the size, scope and complexities of global cities to the heritage management discourse.

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