The problems of historical settlements’ enhancement and the possible solutions

Abstract

The paper deals with the problems of historical settlements, which lead to the loss of their status and critical violations of the historical environment. The author analyzes the problems of historical settlements and their particularly vulnerable type – small formations – including social, political, economic, and scientific research. The author points out the need for complex innovative approaches that ensure not only the material restoration, but also the functional development of the historical environment, the introduction of new functions. The tools of working with the historical urban environment and its active functional inclusion in the modern discourse, models of increasing the value characteristics of urban objects, as well as the principles of implementing local potentials, which are laid in the basis of a holistic methodology, are considered. A strategy is proposed that solves the extremely acute issue of the urban significance of historical and cultural monuments on the basis of management tools and spatial planning, and tactical steps for its implementation are highlighted. The methodology obtained as a result of the study can be used as a basis for a national program aimed at developing and strengthening the social and economic role of small historical cities in the country’s settlement system.

Digital Mapping for the Historical Villages Sites as Monument Reserves, a Geographical Study in Bassouna and Banawit Villages, Almaragha District, Sohag, Egypt

“…An (archaeological Pharaonic mound) made of mud bricks represents this archaeological location. Photo (6). Adobe construction does not always reflect primitive design; several Pharaonic pyramids were constructed with mud (Hamdan, 2020, second volume, pp.…”