How do I implement the Deep Cities Approach? Deep Cities Theory: Urban transformation as a source of heritage valuesDeep Cities

Deep Cities

 

On the first level, heritage is all about politics and as a political concept the Deep Cities concept can be compared with policy concepts such as the “smart city" which is about developing technologically intelligent cities and “green cities” which is about making environmentally sound cities. Deep Cities is as political and policy concept about how the layered historical city - the temporality in cities – are perceived and accessed as heritage values for being used in urban planning and placemaking.

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On the second level, with the concept Deep Cities we want to draw attention to how urban transformation through heritage values would partake in developing socially sustainable cities.  Making economically robust cities is not enough. Without the social and cultural dimension - that means cities for wellbeing, good neighborhoods, identity etc. - urban placemaking will lack the main ingredients as being livable cities.  We ask: What makes a place to be a good livable place for people? Who’s city? What role does heritage play in socially inclusive placemaking?

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On the third level, Deep Cities becomes a theoretical concept for understanding preservation theories and ideologies on how to value urban transformation, for instance relict or fragmented traces as heritage values for being included in urban planning strategies.

 

^{Example : The Tuktgus Wall as fragmented “ruin” heritage in renewed urban placemaking}