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Sustaining cultural landscape areas needs to consider the socio-cultural characteristics as well as their physical and visible manifestations. It is important to document and conserve the values of both tangible and intangible heritage together in an integrated manner. The living heritage is to be understood as “both tangible and intangible works through which the creativity of that people finds expressions”. These include but may not be limited to social practices, daily lives, rituals, historic places, traditional craftsmanship, know-how, techniques and skills, etc. Finding the means of safeguarding intangible heritage and their transmission to the following generations is vital for the preservation of the tangible remains and characteristics. This paper reviews the cultural landscape features of Kayseri’s Northeast Valleys, Koramaz, Gesi and Derevenk, in terms of their tangible and intangible values. The methodology, therefore, proposes the integrated documentation of these tangible and intangible characteristics. The research is based on in-depth interviews with local people, analysis of archival sources and documentation in the field. The results highlight the traditional crafts and production techniques of daily life; some of these are continued at the present while others are not practised anymore. However, they were practised in the recent past by the elderly and their remembrances and accounts bring these to our day. Demographic changes within the last century appear to be the main reason behind the changes in daily practices. Their documentation forms the first step for their revival and continuity for the future. Their promotion and the inclusion of local stakeholders in the conservation process is the only solution for the integrated conservation of these cultural landscapes. To understand Kayseri's past and to understand its reflections on the present day, it is important to look at the hike and geography where the non-Muslim -Muslim population that lived and/or lived in a certain period of time. To preserve the uniqueness and integrity of these settlements, which continued their culture of living together until the beginning of the 20th century, and to carry them to the present day with their habitat and to pass them on to future generations, it is necessary to develop principles and strategies to ensure the continuity of nature and the human factor that constitutes the cultural landscape chain of these valleys. To bring the tangible and intangible values of the settlements to the present day, it is important to examine the physical, natural and socio+ layers and to ensure that they are carried to the present day. The preservation of the heritage value of rural landscapes will surely be sustainable with the protection of three parameters - built environment-natural environment -socio+ environment.

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