Evaluating the urban structure of Al-Kut city according to sustainability

Abstract

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.

Measuring equity in spatial development investments for the provincial development program in Wasit governorate

“…The total investment allocations for the Provincial Development Program for the years 2006 to 2011 for Wasit Governorate amounted to 681900 six hundred and eighty-one billion nine hundred million dinars. Table (4) shows those annual investment allocations to the governorate according to the years above. The local authorities in Wasit governorate have attached great importance to the basic service sectors (municipalities, sewers, water, education, and roads), as a high percentage of the annual allocations for the Provincial Development Program were allocated to the sectors in the above for the period from 2006 to 2011, when this percentage reached (83%) From the total allocations, and on the other hand, the volume of investment allocations for each service sector for the total number of years in the above varied between 48140.6 million dinars for the sewage sector and 291858 million dinars for the municipal sector, as shown in Table (5).…”

“…b 1.2.2. AreaThe area of Wasit Governorate is (17,153) km2, and it constitutes 3.9% of the area of Iraq(Jasim et al 2021). This is shown in Table(3).…”