Publication: Between Over­crowd­ing and Decay: Processes and Effects of Vil­lage Revi­tal­iza­tion in Rural Oman (By Leon Wiesemann)

In Oman, efforts to preserve and revitalize historic urban fabric have gained increasing momentum in recent years. As part of a nationwide program, these initiatives form part of a broader strategy to sustainably transform and diversify the country’s economy.

The first work­shop of the Inclu­sive Cities Project explored and dis­cussed dif­fer­ent approaches to pre­serve and revi­tal­ize his­toric vil­lages. This text reflects on the sites vis­ited dur­ing the work­shop and on how they informed our approach to con­cep­tu­al­iz­ing a par­tic­i­pa­tory strat­egy for the preser­va­tion and revi­tal­iza­tion processes.