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THE CONTRIBUTION OF REUSE OF HISTORICAL
BUILDINGS FOR THE URBAN RESILIENCE:
THE CASE OF MANİSA KURŞUNLU KHAN

Demet GÜLHAN

ABSTRACT
The most basic feature that makes cities resilient is their capacity to maintain the historical-
cultural-natural and aesthetic values that have given them a characteristic identity, which they have
developed in the process since their establishment.
The concept of “resistance” was first used by Holling in 1973 in environmental sciences, and it was
defined as "the ability to meet deterioration and change without losing the relationship between the
elements that formed it before it deteriorated".
The pressure of rapid population growth to the world’s cultural and natural resources, the destroying
effects of human beings’ culture and civilization on flora and fauna, the negative impact of economic
development and industrialization on nature, climate and historic buildings are all breaking the urban
resilience. In addition, it causes the destruction of historical structures, which are very important to
be transferred to future generations, which have hosted different cultures and civilizations, and which
serve as a bridge between the past and the future.
Today, architectural structures, which are considered as an important factor in the formation of
resilient cities, are tried to be made resistant to factors such as global warming and climate change
according to renewed design and planning criteria. However, the high amount of energy and
carbon emissions used to make new buildings resistant inevitably causes global warming to increase
exponentially.
In this context, within the scope of this article the viability of adaptive reuse of historic buildings
and the impact it has on urban resilience. The case of Manisa Kurşunlu Khan in Türkiye has been
selected in order to present the viability of adaptive reuse of abandoned historic buildings and the
impact it has on sustainability of existing environment.
Keywords: Urban Resilience, Architectural Resilience, Reuse, Cultural Heritage, Manisa Kurşunlu Khan

Dr., İller Bankası
Mail: demetg2007@gmail.com
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4087-3378
Makale Atıf Bilgisi: Makale Atıf Bilgisi: Gülhan, D. (2022). “Yeniden İşlevlendirilen Tarihi
Yapıların Dirençli Şehirlere Katkısı: Manisa Kurşunlu Han Örneği”.
Çevre, Şehir ve İklim Dergisi. Yıl: 1. Sayı: 2. ss. 147-164.
Makale Türü: Araştırma
Geliş Tarihi: 19.04.2022
Kabul Tarihi: 20.07.2022
Yayın Tarihi: 31.07.2022
Yayın Sezonu: Temmuz 2022

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