Open AccessTHE STRATEGY OF URBAN DEVELOPiIETIT
Author(s) -
Wahda Shuker Al-Hinkawi,
Shaema Abbas Al kubaisy
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.v9i1.210
Subject(s) - tourism , fortress (chess) , capital city , geography , urban planning , urban tourism , regional science , environmental planning , economic geography , civil engineering , history , engineering , archaeology , tourism geography , ancient history
Th6 research deals with the impact of historical citadel on urban development for city cantersand their importance in shaping the urban areas of lhe city, as an attempt to delinethe bestpossible strategies for urban development of historical cities and in particular (citadel cities),which represents a tourist attraction on both global and local levels.Erbil city has been selected, as a case study for this research, since this fortress citadelhaving nowadays a comprehensive urban development, which creates an interactive effecifor the urban fabric of the citadel and the urban fabric of the city of Erbil itself , significantlyin sha.ping the city.of lrbil through centuries and an additional importance for curre;uy beini,a capital of lraq's Kurdistan region and also an urban center which has a tourist atirac{ioifor the northem region in lraq.