Reviving urban spaces through tactical urbanism in Baghdad: Five common tactics

Hussein, Shaimaa Hameed; Abrahem, Samah A.

doi:10.21533/pen.v7i1.330

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“… If there is an intersection between a pedestrian passage and another or a street, there should be a clear change in the surfaces to attract the attention of those with impaired vision of these intersections (transit place).  Pavement plazas are created by converting space on the sidewalks of main streets to usable pedestrian plaza or commercial space [13].  Lighting poles, signs, seats on the sides of corridors should be placed.…”

Section: Pedestrians Pathsmentioning

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Architectural requirement of people with disability in the urban cities in Iraq

Al-Rubaye¹,

Kamoona

Al-Mur'ib³

2019

PEN

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At the international level, attention is focused on the possibility of integrating people with special needs into their communities in a way that reduces their sense of disability by providing their public needs in the urban environment. The architectural and building codes in Arab societies have neglected the humanitarian considerations associated with this category for a long time, where people with disabilities in Arab societies, especially the Iraqi society, have many difficulties that lead to determining their movement in the urban environment of contemporary cities, which has a negative impact on how this group adapts within these societies and the difficulty of their integration, although the Iraqi government has sought to develop the constitution to support people with disabilities, However, these attempts were just theoretical but do not adopt a real binding application for urban development projects in the current reality of the cities in the twenty-first century , which calls for the introduction of real standards with well-studied dimensions and depends on multiple global standards to provide flexible solutions to transform the urban environment into an environment that can embrace the people with disabilities and provide sufficient flexibility in movement solutions which helps to develop their mental and physical abilities in a series and appropriate manner in the current Iraqi society, therefore the research study includes the following:- Criteria and requirements of people with special needs in the urban environment to reach the appropriate architectural standards for them.  Experiences and legislation suitable for people with special needs in third world countries and Arab countries.  Architectural foundations are suitable for people with special needs in the Iraqi cities.

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Section: Pedestrians Pathsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Architectural requirement of people with disability in the urban cities in Iraq

Al-Rubaye¹,

Kamoona

Al-Mur'ib³

2019

PEN

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Exploring implementation mechanisms of Tactical Urbanism in Jordan

Zwayyed,

Altal,

Tarawneh

2023

City, Culture and Society

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Cities after pandemic: enabling social distancing as a new design standard to achieve urban immunity

Salih

Hussein

2021

ASPAL

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Motives: COVID-19 pandemic has caused worldwide implementation of unprecedented measures of physical distancing to decrease the potential of the COVID-19 infection. As cities respond to closure measures in order to flatten the infection curve, the challenges associated with the spread of the epidemic and the increasing numbers of infected and deaths that compel us to fundamentally rethink the formation of our cities, especially their streets, the research presents an urban review of the impact of the pandemic on cities and find solutions to recover, achieve a safe and sustainable healthy environment, and prepare better for any pandemic that may occur in the future, the research seeks to strengthen the theory of prevention, which the research proposes to call (urban immunity) by including social distancing as a design criterion in the city that has proven effective in flattening the curve. Aims: This paper focuses on the mechanisms related to sustainable mobility after COVID-19 in shaping urban mobility and initiating a green transformation in urban transportation rapidly by decarbonizing and promoting cycling and walking across all over the city. The research methodology depends on identifying the most important urban problems that Al-Dhubat Street suffers from and proposing solutions that reduce dependence on private transportation and move towards sustainable mobility as an important step in strengthening urban prevention against any epidemics that may occur in the future, and then testing indicators on the Al-Dhubat Street to identify effective indicators. Results: The research concluded that social distancing is the way back to active mobility by relying on walking and bicycles and works to restore the right of pedestrians in the streets and sidewalks instead of cars and thus achieve sustainable urban development, which enhances the urban immunity of the city against any other epidemics may occur in the future. With the proposed interventions on Al-Dhubat Street we can keep car use low and promote walking and cycling for a sustainable, equitable, habitable, and healthy community after the pandemic.

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Reviving urban spaces through tactical urbanism in Baghdad: Five common tactics

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Architectural requirement of people with disability in the urban cities in Iraq

Architectural requirement of people with disability in the urban cities in Iraq

Exploring implementation mechanisms of Tactical Urbanism in Jordan

Cities after pandemic: enabling social distancing as a new design standard to achieve urban immunity

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