...Sümeyra Çiftçi; Mehmet Cebe Purpose The aim of this study is to propose a context-based, holistic, and multi-stakeholder model for the preservation of traditional rural settlements located within archaeological sites. The developed model is based on the necessity for decision-making processes...

...Hamza Zeghlache; Nadır Alıkhodja This paper addresses the forms, renovation and retrofitting of the rural settlements in the North-western county of Setif in Algeria. This region has a major advantage of being able to have a representation of the traditional rural dwellings within a massive...

...Yin Pan; Tiejun Zhou Due to the rapid urbanization in China, the living environment in urban areas improves considerably, while that in rural settlements does not improve remarkably, or even worsens. The purpose of the research is to propose an organizational approach to the improvement...