Rethinking of Culture for Self-Sustainable Regeneration

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the potential of culture-led urban mobility in the port hinterland of the historic city of İzmir to create a self-sustainable regenerative city. It draws attention to how the natural movement, movement economy and cultural significance value guide sustainable urban regeneration strategies. A range of analytical methodologies were employed, including space syntax, field survey, principal component analysis and Pearson correlation methods. The findings show that cultural heritage assets intersect with the natural movement envisaged by connectivity and integration. A positive relationship was found between the morphological indicators of space, intelligibility and synergy, and the cultural significance value. This is a significant finding for enhancing the movement economy through adaptive reuse of heritage. The study's comprehensive approach to understanding culture-led urban mobility through analyses of human perception and space syntax, with a focus on rethinking cultural heritage, is a significant contribution to the urban regeneration literature.