Open AccessEffectiveness of Sustainable Urban Projects in the city of Baghdad
Author(s) -
Wadhah Abdul sahib Hussein,
Zaynab Radi Abaas
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
al-maǧallaẗ al-ʿiraqiyyaẗ li-handasaẗ al-ʿimāraẗ wa-al-taẖṭīṭ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9555
pISSN - 2617-9547
DOI - 10.36041/iqjap.v12i1.173
Subject(s) - swot analysis , sustainability , environmental planning , sustainable development , business , space (punctuation) , urban planning , urban sustainability , sustainable city , strengths and weaknesses , environmental economics , environmental resource management , computer science , geography , civil engineering , engineering , political science , marketing , economics , ecology , philosophy , epistemology , law , biology , operating system
This research comes in an attempt to evaluate and compare between the efficiency of a selected sustainable urban projects from Baghdad city (Al Adhamiya and Al Kadhimiya areas) through applying the criteria ofurban sustainability and compared using SWOT analyses model(represents one strong word: S = strengths, W = weaknesses, O = opportunities, T = threats.), this done by examine the most important strategies which targeted to extrapolate the urban form as a vital sustainable structure, and has become a standard which could measure and evaluate the impact of the application for sustainable criteria. These strategies know as Smart Growth Strategies which include, Development, Design, Transportation, Open & Natural Space Protection, Open Space Creation, Sense of Place, and Urban Community Strategies. Here this search tries to extract the most local standards that consistent with the nature and environment of sustainable urban Iraqi projects in general and Baghdad in particular by reviewing the Smart Growth principles and strategies. However, the aim is to determine the effectiveness and the successfulness of the adopted urban projects in Baghdad in applying the urban sustainability criteria in the one hand, and to extract the most important positive points which serve the local environment and utilize them to establish the foundations for possible urban standards adopted in the evaluation of sustainable urban future projects on the others.