Employing Sustainability Principles for the Revitalization of Commercial Streets in Iraq: A Case Study Approach

Abstract

The streets, with their diverse urban spaces, are an important part of the physical composition of the city and a link of architectural and Civilizational Communication Over time, ranging from historical cities to contemporary cities. The streets in Iraq suffer from a lot of neglect at the level of sustainable design. The research aims to clarify the mechanisms of employing sustainability principles in the design and Revitalization of commercial streets in Iraq by taking advantage of international experiences and studies. To achieve the research goal, several steps were taken in four axes. The first axis deals with the concept of streets, their types and what are commercial streets the second axis discusses the reality of theoretical knowledge of business and previous architectural studies that dealt with the topic of Sustainable Streets. The third axis presents the theoretical framework that includes the main and secondary vocabulary measured in the research. The fourth axis is the practical side of the research, represented by the choice of the study model and the final results. The research found in its results that the sample chosen for the study achieved only a few of the principles of sustainability that the research reached in its theoretical framework, and the suffering of the occupants and patrons of the street increased after rehabilitation.