In coping with rapid urbanization resulting from increased urban growth, limited resources, and the threat of natural and man‐made disasters, cities are being pressured to change. The United Nations created goals to address these issues, drafting the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015. Goal 11 of the SDGs addresses issues pertaining to urban development, and focuses on attaining safe, inclusive, resilient and sustainable cities. In order to monitor progress regarding SDG 11, there is a need for globally‐identified and comparable indicators. The City Prosperity Index (CPI) has been recognized as a valuable tool in evaluating the social, economic and physical aspects of cities. However, the CPI is not sufficient in itself in translating information obtained through evaluation into information relevant to policy‐making and planning at the neighbourhood level. Positive urban change can be achieved through improvements made to neighbourhoods, as the core units of cities. Many countries have developed several tools to assess neighbourhoods, applying various indicators to guide the planning process, in an effort to attain sustainability. Many Turkish cities are experiencing the negative effects of rapid urbanization. Within the scope of this study, three neighbourhoods in the historic urban core of Bursa in Turkey have been assessed through Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Neighbourhood Pattern and Design (LEED‐NPD) under LEED Neighbourhood Development (LEED‐ND). By analyzing the existing conditions, this study aims to present the strengths and weaknesses of the case study area and establish a documental and informational base, in order to respond with a plan at the neighbourhood level.

The significance of urban development has been realized again while acute shocks and chronic stresses (earthquake or unemployment) affect cities in a negative way. Therefore, urban resilience becomes more important for economic, environmental, and social sustainability of the built environment. There is a wide range of approaches to resilience in the literature such as ecological, engineering, and adaptive systems. Unlike others, adaptive resilience establishes a co-evolutionary interaction between actors (existing building) and the system (external effects) that leads to a continual process on their adjustment. In relation to cities, built environment is also under a constant change. As the advent of new technology has changed buildings' use, some of them have faced obsolescence in physical, economic, functional, technological, social, legal, and political ways. The importance of time-based design over form-based design thinking has come to the fore. However, existing obsolete buildings could gain new functions and contribute to urban resilience and sustainability through adaptive reuse method. The purpose of this study is to provide assessment criteria for existing buildings' adaptive reuse potential in the context of resilient cities. Thus, the research incorporates Holling's resilience cycle (1986) and Schmidt III et. al' s building layers and time concept (2009) for resilient adaptive reuse strategies.

Sanatı, kent yaşamı ile bütünleştirmenin yollarından biri; sanatı, kentlinin günlük yaşamında kolaylıkla erişebileceği kamusal mekânlara taşımaktır. Bu yöntemle; hem sanat eseri varlığını ortaya koyarak kentliye ulaşacak hem de kentli sanat etkinliğinin fiziksel, sosyal ve kültürel yapısından faydalanma fırsatı bulacaktır. Bu makale, tarihi kentlerde, kent dokusuna ait artifaktların sanatsal bir ifade ile yorumlanarak kamusal mekânda nasıl sanat eserlerine dönüştürülebileceğini ve bu yol ile kentliler için karşılaşma mekânları oluşturularak, kentsel mikro müdahalelerin kamusal sanat aracılığı ile nasıl gerçekleştirilebileceğini, "Kentsel Mekâna Müdahaleler: Özgün Mahalle Dokusunda Karşılaşma Mekânları" isimli çalıştayın sonuçları üzerinden tartışmaktadır. Kamusal mekânlar, kamusal sanatın temsil yeri olurken, aynı zamanda kentlilerin karşılaştığı ve diyaloğa girdiği, kamusal iletişimin yaşandığı yerlere dönüşme potansiyeli taşır. Bu anlamda, tarihi kent içindeki kamusal mekânlarda, mikro ölçekli kentsel müdahalelerin sanat içerikli olması, tarihi mekânın kimliğini korumaya, kent imajını güçlendirmeye, gündelik hayat ve kentin mevcut problemlerine sürdürülebilir çözüm önerileri bulmaya yardımcı olabilir.