There is an underestimation of the influence between historical sites and people living within. Therefore there are some especial researches and studies to be done to achieve conservation projects that take the socio-economic values into consideration and reduce the cost the local communities pay in favour of the national or international benefits. It is quite important and critical to increase the public awareness about the importance of the national heritage among the local communities in the historical sites to guard and protect these sites from being in danger of looting or destruction. Together with assessing the impact of the new investment projects adopted by the new conservation programs on the social, cultural and historic aspects in Egypt, the research will develop a model framework of a conservation project that gives especial regard to the social aspects of local communities. The framework will be provided with the variables and adjusted according to each individual site specialties and characteristics. This framework will guarantee the right acts to conserve the cultural heritage, and at the same time will emphasize the social and economic values of local communities.

The case is Luxor Comprehensive Development Plan focusing on the East Bank. The researcher has made a questionnaire addressed to local community of Luxor to test how they think the development project of Luxor affects their social and economic lives and what costs and benefits they are getting back. A comparative method is going to be used; the study area in the East Bank of Luxor will be compared with international related examples in Germany and other countries. The research will use and develop the "Social Impact Assessment", "Economic Impact Assessment", and "Community-Based Conservation" approaches.