Kaled H.M.

Dean of the Colloge of Engineering, Tikrit University, Iraq

The impact of the visual design of public spaces In the Arabic city

https://doi.org/10.58224/2618-7183-2024-7-6-10
Аннотация
A good design of public urban spaces considers all the visual and aesthetic determinants dedicated to its formation. In a design of public urban spaces in European cities, it is a studying perception of form in the townscape. In addition, most design focuses on the details of constituent elements to suit the overall consideration to aesthetic form. It has a lack of design study in the Arab cities, where all the considerations are not fully applied. The design neglects the study of the visual dimensions and the cultural identity of the Arab city. Therefore, this research is to fill the knowledge gaps and deficiencies about the formation of the urban spaces in Arab cities. The Methodology of this research is descriptive and analytic. It discusses the design determinants of visual and aesthetic composition of public spaces in the Arab cities. It is also a study on the determinants of visual reading of its components by analyzing their forms and their relationship with the surrounding elements (building masses, street furniture elements) and by using the space syntax assessment technique to identify the foundations and visual access to a graphic and aesthetic design reflecting the Arabic identity.
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Technical feasibility factors affecting urban environmental sustainability in decision-making: Erbil-Iraq

https://doi.org/10.58224/2618-7183-2024-7-5-8
Аннотация
This paper introduce decision-making model of sustainable urban development in Erbil city in Iraq. The decision-making model will includes higher-level policy orientation, grass-roots environmental protection, economic feasibility, and environmental pressure. The quantitative analyze of urban environmental sustainable development decision-making in prefecture-level. The data analysis collected from the annual government work report using seven specific factor, which set up according to the theoretical model framework. The results show that the driving force of sustainable development is mainly from top to bottom, the macro strategy of the central government and other upper-level governments is the core factor of sustainable transformation, and the demand for sustainable development of the grassroots people needs to continue to increase. In addition, prominent environmental issues have attracted the attention and actions of local governments, but urban governments still regard sustainable development as a distributive policy to a large extent, and the awareness or conditions for seeking economic welfare through environmental governance have not yet achieved.
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