The historic city of Mosul, with its unique urban characteristics, is one of the few cities that is still inhabited, but the recent war has made it lose important and large parts of its traditional fabric, especially its distinctive riverfront. This research deals with the principle of Integrative Conservation as a conservation approach that is characterized by interest in both the urban and human dimensions, and it can provide adequate means to accomplish the process of preserving the historic urban fabric in a way that meets the contemporary requirements of life and preserves the historic value. The research aims to explore what are the criteria for Integrative Conservation most affecting the vitality of the historic urban fabric on the riverfront of Mosul old city. This is followed by the methodology of analysing previous studies to determine the most important Integrative Conservation criteria, and it is assumed that the accessibility and connectivity criteria are the most influential on the vitality of the city, using the Space Syntax to measure its indicators.
Mesopotamia has seen the emergence of the dawn of civilizations and the establishment of the first cities on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, where many ancient societies have grown from Babylonian, Assyrian and then Islamic to the present time; this requires the conservation of the most prominent historical monuments. The riverfront of the city of Mosul, with its unique and distinguished urban fabric and inhabited until the period before the last war in 2014 AD, was one of the most prominent products of those civilizations. This research attempts to develop a policy to preserve the spirit of the place by reviewing the most critical trends and policies of urban conservation, analyzing many global experiences and explaining international charters. The integrative conservation strategy was adopted by activating community participation. The research applied the method of expert interviews and questionnaires to a sample representing an educated group of society and close to decisionmaking sources, academics and the private sector to obtain qualitative and quantitative data to be statistically analyzed. The research's result was that the policy of conservation and restoration is the closest, followed by the approach of rehabilitation and then urban redevelopment and to the exclusion of the urban renewal policy.
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