The Evaluation of Urbicide Within The Context of Urban Destruction via Bosnia and Palestine Cases

Urban areas are the basic witnesses of development process of humanity. As well as, urban areas are the fundamental places of wars and conflicts derived from this progress. Political, social and technological changes bring about the new forms of violence named as new urban militarism, fourth generation war, low-intensity conflict. Urbicide which appeared at the last quarter of 20th century is one of this form of violence. Urbicide is attacking urban values via built environment. Urbicide differs from the collateral damage with following characteristics; urban area in intself is the target, destruction of built environment is systematic and deliberate; urban life is get under control with restruction after destruction process. In this study initialy theoritical concept and certain approaches of urbicide are addressed. Afterwards the urban destructions in Bosnia and Palestine and consequences of destructions are evalauted within the concept of urbicide. In this context -destructions of social-historical memory being in the first place- devastation of people's certain relations towards urban environment and the effects of urbicide upon cultural heritage are discussed