This thesis discusses the interactive relationship between a growing network of traditional villages and the modern economic, social and political developments. Specifically, it intends to investigate the way in which the return of new residents to the traditional villages can contribute to the revival of these settlements and improve their living standards at the same time, regardless of their adopting a traditional lifestyle. This constitutes a type of decentralization, which invites the young and other age groups to live in the spirit of traditional architecture, that is closer to the human scale, to be connected to nature and explore innovative forms of sustainable development.
This research project was driven by the increasingly acute phenomenon of decentralization. It addresses the need to raise awareness of the traditional character of rural settlements, which faces the threat of distortion unless an organized plan for the revival of traditional villages is set up.
