Handling Sub-Soil Urban Archaeological Resources In Urban Planning, Issues In İzmir Historic City Centre

In Turkey, although most of the historic city centres have been continuously occupied since early ages, urban archaeological resources –cultural deposits underneath modern citiescould not be handled into planning process. It will be possible to strike the right balance provided that the archaeological resources are evaluated and considered in each stage of the planning and development process. At that point, urban archaeology is considered as an interdisciplinary field of study that evaluates the cultural stratification in cities and understands the historical background of urban life, while urban planning is a decision-making process on the development of urban areas and planners as a mediator between actors with varying interests.