Open AccessEvaluating the urban structure of Al-Kut city according to sustainability
Author(s) -
Ihsan Abbas Jasim,
Haider Majid Hasan,
Sabeeh Lafta Farhan,
Khaleel H. Bahat
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/779/1/012021
Subject(s) - geography , trips architecture , sustainability , urban structure , urban hierarchy , distribution (mathematics) , population , urban density , regional science , environmental planning , economic geography , urban planning , transport engineering , civil engineering , sociology , engineering , mathematics , ecology , mathematical analysis , demography , biology
The research attempts to assess the urban structure of Kut city - as a sample of Iraqi cities - according to the requirements of sustainability and the extent of their consistency or their distance from the requirements of achieving sustainable urban development. By studying the main urban components of Kut city, analyzing the spatial distribution of land uses, the nature of the neighbourhood, and the spatial distribution of population densities in it, road network and spatial distribution of urban land prices. The research concludes that the study area’s urban spatial structure is ineffective and has many defects. The city is spread over a large area, and the population densities are distributed unorganized. Most of the population densities are far from the centre area; this leads to long, random and erratic trips. Traffic problems in the city are exacerbated by the absence of a hierarchy of roads and weak links between parts of the city as a result of the spread of the city between the two banks of the river and the lack of adequate bridges.