@ARTICLE{Al_Basha_Nawarah_The_2021,
 author={Al Basha, Nawarah and Khadour, Nebras},
 volume={vol. XLIX},
 journal={Teka Komisji Urbanistyki i Architektury Oddziału Polskiej Akademii Nauk w Krakowie},
 pages={317-323},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2021},
 publisher={Oddział PAN w Krakowie},
 abstract={Utilizing cultural heritage in the process of urban regeneration of cities is becoming key principle that can guarantee creating sustainable spaces. Its role is accentuated even more nowadays with globalization processes exposing most parts of the world to similar influences. This research discusses the concept of urban regeneration as a comprehensive development approach and highlights the potential role of tangible, intangible and natural components of cultural heritage as leading actors in this approach. By studying the case of Bab Touma square, a historical urban square in Damascus, the research aims to set forth the importance of communicating those cultural elements as a mean to strengthening spatial identity and spatial attachment towards a space. The research adopts an analytical method and tracks the urban development phases of the square in order to define how they contributed to the change of the square’s image and identity, considering such urban spaces in the city with so many symbolic, cultural and historical values as generative points that could play a vital role in activating the process of urban regeneration of the city.},
 type={Article},
 title={The Importance of Urban Regeneration Through Cultural Heritage the Case of Bab Touma Square in Damascus, Syria},
 title={Znaczenie rewitalizacji miast poprzez dziedzictwo kulturowe przypadek placu Bab Touma w Damaszku, Syria},
 URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/122369/PDF-MASTER/2021-TEKA-19-Al-Basha-Khadour.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/tkuia.2021.138718},
 keywords={urban regeneration, cultural heritage, natural heritage, local identity, spatial attachment},
}