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BUILDING ADAPTATION IN THE AGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE: HISTORICAL ASSET IN SANLIURFA TURKEY
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In the age of climate change, the sustainable adaptation of historical assets has gained importance. Adapting historical heritage assets helps to reduce energy consumption and environmental pollution. The sustainable adaptation of heritage assets causes minimal damage to natural and social environments by minimizing its use of these resources. The aim of using sustainability in conservation is to maximize the efficient use of an existing facility and minimize the negative impact on the environment. The physical features of cities change in response to climatic conditions. For example, population densities increase, tree coverage decreases, the temperature increases, and air humidity decreases. The climate proofing of historical assets addresses some impacts that are not reversible. This study examines climate change through the sustainable adaptation of historical assets in Sanliurfa, which was chosen due to the diversity of its historical heritage and to its position as the hottest city of Turkiye where the greatest impact of climate change is overheating. A continental climate prevails in the region, and summers are long, hot and dry. The temperature differences between night and day and summer and winter are high. The study focused on adaptively reusing residential, commercial and institutional historical structures. The factors that damage the historical environment are temperature increases and precipitation changes in the city. Historical structures are extremely vulnerable in the age of climate change, and one of the solutions for their conservation is building adaptation.
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