Erbil city built heritage and wellbeing

Erbil city built heritage and wellbeing: An assessment of local perceptions using the semantic differential scale

Sektani, Hawar Himdad J. (Salahaddin University)
Khayat, Mahmood (Salahaddin University)
Mohammadi, Masi (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Pereira Roders, A. (TU Delft Architectural Engineering +Technology)

Architectural Engineering +Technology

2021

Community perceptions and experiences of built heritage are essential in understanding the built heritage and effect in individual and community wellbeing. Subsequently, local perceptions of built heritage directly influence the conservation and heritage-led interventions. This study investigated local perceptions of built heritage in Erbil by assessing responses of 414 participants using a questionnaire survey aiming to identify how built heritage is perceived by the various group samples, exploring local perceptions’ (in)consistencies. Significant differences were found between architects’ and non-architects’ perceptions and related wellbeing. As the groups attribute different values, the results suggest that heritage buildings do not contribute to the wellbeing of non-architects as much as to architects. A contradicting result was found between modern and heritage buildings. This study contributes to the notion of human-centrality of the built environment by assessing local perceptions of built heritage, that, when implemented in urban planning and heritage management, can contribute to the city’s socio-cultural sustainable development.

Buffer-zone
Built heritage
Erbil city
Individual wellbeing
Local community
Perception assessment
Semantic differential scale

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:5d15e1f1-8610-46a9-bd68-f91aa9c43aaf

https://doi.org/10.3390/su13073763

2071-1050

Sustainability, 13 (7)

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© 2021 Hawar Himdad J. Sektani, Mahmood Khayat, Masi Mohammadi, A. Pereira Roders