Urban sprawl on agricultural land in Iraq – The factors and impacts: A study of Karkh area in the city of Baghdad
| Main Author: | Kahachi, Hussaen; Jafar, Aws |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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, 2015
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/6340128 |
Daftar Isi:
- This research is the scientific in-depth study of factors and effects of urban sprawl on agricultural areas in Iraq, in addition to studying the reasons for that crawl within the political and economic changes in Iraq between 2003 and 2015, taking into consideration the specificity of the social situation of the inhabitants of the region. This subject acquires its importance from the importance of understanding the future developments of the city and the countryside in order to develop mechanisms to address the causes and legal loopholes that lead to this phenomenon thus the development of mechanisms to help tackle these problems. The research provides an preliminary understanding of the extent and the effects of the phenomenon and its effects on the surrounding environment in both the short and the long terms thus enabling to address these problems and to reduce the effects throughout laws, regulations and policies adopted by the state. The research methodology adopted by this research is based on statistical and geographic analysis using statistical and geographical information gathered by field study or acquired from third parties and governmental organizations as a source of data, The research uses the Geographical Information System (GIS) in order to achieve an in-depth study on the research problem through a series of objectives: 1. A brief definition about urban sprawl, its history, and the potential impact and effects in relation to the political and economic changes as well as the social on cultural characteristics of Iraq in particular. 2. Reviewing academic literature about urban sprawl in the world and Iraq in particular, and the main reasons leading to the increasing of this phenomenon. 3. Reviewing legal loopholes that have been used to encroach upon agricultural land. Through which the review laws which have been overlooked for humanitarian reasons. 4. Choosing a casestudy site (palm groves in the Karkh district of Baghdad) / neighboring areas "Topchi, housing, entrance Kazimiyah" as an example of urban sprawl between the year 2003 and the year 2015 and the changes that have occurred in the region through the GIS system analysis. And then study these changes to understand its effects on the countryside and the city. Finally the research ends with a set of conclusions, final key points and proposals for future research on the subject of the study