This book is based on my M.Sc. Thesis Study accomplished at METU in 2002. This comparative study is focused on urban regeneration process in which local characteristics and global framework with respect to the periods show differences both in World and Turkey and in which is operated by a specific politico-economic motive for urban planning and design approach. This study analyzes the urban regeneration process in inner-city (historic) areas in order to discover the rationale behind the process, and to figure out the parallelism (similarities and differences) between the World and Turkiye....