Morphological Perspective of Urban Resilience Through Eco Urban Landscape: Iraq -Basra as a Case Study

Abstract

In the urban context, the sustainable static approach has evolved into a resilient orientation, determined by the dynamic urban characteristics of the cities, especially with the increasing challenges such as rapid urbanization, the emergence of different uses at the expense of urban green spaces, neglecting the ecological role that these spaces provide. The research starts from the need for an urban landscape that provides ecologically resilient contributions, it adopts the evaluation of urban resilience concerning the ecological urban landscape, by studying a part of the city center of Basra - Iraq. It aims to formulate guidelines that support the ecosystem by developing a multilevel theoretical framework based on the urban resilience principles to increase the ability of these spaces to innovate and stay strong during long-term change. The current study focuses on providing comprehensive knowledge about the ecological mechanisms and indicators that achieve resilience in the context of the urban landscape, and then answers the research question about the relationship between ecological urban landscape and resilience from a morphological point of view. We based on space syntax theory, using the analysis program (Depth map) to measure the morphological indicators through the main streets network, then analyzing their spatial relations with the green and open spaces as an integrated urban landscape to complete the evaluation and provide conclusions that can be used with other samples.