Towards a sustainable approach to the development of heritage villages through the ecological economic approach

Heritage villages are a national wealth because of the cultural, 
historical, economic and social values they carry, which can be 
considered a human memory or a witness to a distinguished era in the 
life of any village. Especially in the tourism industry because of the 
economic returns it achieves. However, this cultural heritage is 
exposed to many human and natural factors and other factors that 
contribute to its deterioration.
The problem of the research is that the rehabilitation policies of 
heritage villages are one of the effective methods of preserving 
cultural heritage. Despite this, many of the experiences of preserving 
heritage villages lack a holistic view of conservation and sustainable 
development, as these programs focus on the restoration and 
maintenance of the physical urban structure without highlighting 
Social and economic values and environmental considerations. As a 
result, many of the heritage resources in the countryside are suffering 
from deterioration, rather they are depleting many sources of funding 
without achieving economic returns that positively reflect on the 
villagers or contribute to achieving sustainable rural development, 
whose modern concept must expand to include achieving social, 
economic and environmental balance, along with along with 
preserving heritage and cultural values without maximizing one side 
at the expense of the other.
The research paper aims to shed light on the evaluation of the 
experience of reviving and rehabilitating models of heritage villages 
registered on the World Heritage List, to examine the possibility of 
benefiting from them as a guiding model for the sustainable 
development of heritage villages.