A Reflection on Methodological Approaches in Assessing and Implementing Social Sustainability in Historic Public Spaces

Facilitating the Process Towards Social Sustainability: A Culture-Based Method for Mapping Historic Public Places, Applied to the Example of Tabriz Bazaar, Iran

“…As the current literature on public space shows, the significant role of public space in enhancing social sustainability is justified -at least theoretically (Yadollahi, 2015). 1 Nevertheless, in empirical research and practice a more comprehensive methodological framework is required which takes into account the complexities of local understandings of public space and social sustainability.…”

“…The method presented here based on publicness indicators and the four factors of use, physical accessibility, ownership and local culture of territory-defining is a step towards this goal. The present paper is a contribution, which goes beyond methodological approaches of assessing and implementing social sustainability in historical public spaces (this issue is discussed in a paper written byYadollahi (2015) in a recent Heritage Studies Series volume, Perceptions of Sustainable Development of Sustainability in Heritage Studies).…”