Rehabilitation of Heritage Villages for Urban Heritage Sustainability in Asir Region, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

The Asir region abounds with an enormous wealth of urban heritage, which represents its memory and civilizational depth hundreds of years ago . The heritage villages, which are distributed in all regions of Asir with different urban characteristics, are the main container for social and economic interactions and urban activities that were practiced until recently. Despite the great interest that Rehabilitation of Heritage Villages for Urban ‫الثاىن‬ ‫اجلزء‬Heritage Sustainability in Asir Region, 2 the government attaches to the urban heritage, because it is a national heritage that should be preserved and continued, in spite of this, there are many heritage villages that still suffer from many and varied problems, perhaps the most prominent of which is the abandonment of people to them, and the deterioration of its urban heritage due to natural and human factors, which affected its urban, social and economic structure.This study aims to restore and develop some of the heritage villages selected from the Asir region and revive them, and to develop a plan and proposals to rehabilitate them in an effort to save these heritage villages and turn them into an attractive urban environment with its activities, events and handicrafts, and in a way that ensures the preservation of its heritage and highlights its architectural and heritage value.