In recent decades significant financial and professional resources have been investedin urban regeneration, housing renovation, and the revitalization of oldneighborhoods, with considerable impacts on the social, physical, and economicstructure of cities and their inhabitants.The first objective of this volume is to present the key issues related to thesechanges, which were discussed at an international symposium of experts organizedby the International Association for People-Environment Studies and CSBE Networkin Istanbul. The second objective is to show how concepts and methods in the fieldof people-environment studies can be successfully applied to study complex questionsrelated to the revitalization of the built environment, both at the small scaleof specific buildings and at the larger scale of neighborhoods.The contributions in this volume are centered around the following main themes:. Key issues concerning heritage and cultural identity. The institutional, economic, and political contexts of revitalization. Implementation and how to address the key challengesThis volume will be useful to researchers, graduate students, teachers, and professionalpractitioners in housing design and construction, the maintenance andupgrading of existing buildings and urban areas, conservation management, andthe broad field of housing studies. The book is pertinent to people trained in environmentalpsychology, social policy studies, architecture, urban design, urbansociology, human geography, and building and landscape conservation.