Ihsan Jasim

• PhD
• Professor at University of Wasit ,Faculty of Engineering

The hot, dry environmental conditions prevailing in Al-Najaf and Yazd cities - a modern old problem - must be studied with some detail to come up with new solutions to adapt to the current environmental conditions of the two cities. the research aims to compare the methods used by the residents of Al-Najaf and Yazd cities to handle the hard-environ...

Abstract - Sustainability criteria and how to measure them in practice in the city Master Plan are considered the main concern of planners and decision-makers. The paper seeks to study and apply these criteria to a residential area in Wasit Governorate - Iraq. The multiplicity and diversity of criteria adopted for the level of the residential neigh...

البحث يحاول ان يتحرى عن نظريات واتجاهات التخطيط منذ نشوئة كاختصاص في عصر الحداثة المرافق للثورة الصناعية , افترض البحث ان السمة العامة لنظريات الحداثة في التخطيط هي الشمولية المعتمدة على العقلانية , اذ تم طرح المخطط بصفته الخبير العارف بكل تفاصيل التخطيط معتمدا على المركزية واسلوب التخطيط من الاعلى الى الاسفل , بينما مخطط مابعد الحداثة تراجع عن وهم...

This study aims to analyze the spatial distribution of the epidemic spread and the role of the physical, social, and economic characteristics in this spreading. A geographically weighted regression (GWR) model was built within a GIS environment using infection data monitored by the Iraqi Ministry of Health records for 10 months from March to Decemb...

In Iraq, cities are expanding without regard to green infrastructure. Green and agricultural spaces are not being retained but instead are being converted into residential and commercial areas. Along with the changing climate, these changes decrease the quality of life. This study aims to assess knowledge deficiencies and current water management p...

The purpose of this study is to define the basic terms used in urban design and planning that are specifically related to urban streets. Among them are complete, livable, humane and sustainable streets. Clarifying these concepts is necessary to increase people's satisfaction with their cities. In addition, it allows people to participate more activ...

Slums are considered one of the largest problems that threaten our urban environment, and their negative impact is exacerbated by the passage of time without a radical solution. This research investigated measures that are successful in achieving sustainable urban development within slums or surrounding urban areas. Reducing the negative aspects ac...

The lack of analys is tools that respond to spatial heterogeneity and the failure to adopt them as tools to assess problems, and the low life quality of Iraqi c ities represent this study's problem. Hence, this study aims to analyze the relationship b etween public transportation and urban form patterns using spatial analys is and shed light on the...

The most crucial aim of the research was to shed light on the factors affecting the selection of axes for expansion in cities. And evaluation of expansion options for the town of Kut as a model for the Iraqi city. In light of this, the research discussed the definition of basic design, urban expansion, the most critical problems and positives of ur...

The lack of analys is tools that respond to spatial heterogeneity and the failure to adopt them as tools to assess problems, and the low life quality of Iraqi c ities represent this study's problem. Hence, this study aims to analyze the relationship b etween public transportation and urban form patterns using spatial analys is and shed light on the...

The article tried to study the public transport role as one of the means that contribute to sustainable urban development by investigating the effect of the coverage rate for public transport on the number of those who use public transport in the neighbourhoods of Kut city. This article investigates the link between public transportation and suppor...

Abstract─ Streets are the most important parts of the city because they are the lifelines of cities and provide corridors and means of communication within cities and ways of interaction between activities. As well as being a place for social interaction among the residents. The availability of sustainable streets is an important part of the city's...

Developing countries suffer from the effects of climate change on water resources more than other countries. This paper aims to specify the undergraduates’ knowledge about climate change effects on water resources. This study was conducted through a questionnaire distributed using Google form in May 2021. Descriptive analysis was used to display th...

This study aims to cognize the current effects of land use decisions on traffic in the city centre and predict the future effects of these decisions. The researchers studied and analyzed the effect of changing land uses in the eastern part of Al-Kut city centre on traffic in the city centre. The study adopted the descriptive analytical approach bas...

Abstract - Sustainability criteria and how to measure them in practice in the city Master Plan are considered the main concern of planners and decision-makers. The paper seeks to study and apply these criteria to a residential area in Wasit Governorate - Iraq. The multiplicity and diversity of criteria adopted for the level of the residential neigh...

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 l...

The past few decades have witnessed a significant increase in the number of cars at the expense of public transport, as a result of the economic development in cities, which was accompanied by the possibility of buying a private car on the one hand and the expansion and spread of the city on the other hand. Although public transportation is so impo...

Traffic congestion is one of the major problems that contemporary cities need to address. Decision makers in cities, interested in finding appropriate strategic solutions to a very complex problem, are faced with an ever greater headache each year. The solutions available should not cost billions of dollars or lead to the construction of bridges or...

This study intends to evaluate university students' awareness regarding water pollution in Iraq to show the environmental education contribution in reducing water pollution. The study was conducted in Wasit university, Wasit province, Iraq by field questionnaire survey with 388 students from the civil engineering department and engineering college....

This study intends to evaluate university students' awareness regarding water pollution in Iraq to show the environmental education contribution in reducing water pollution. The study was conducted in Wasit university, Wasit province, Iraq by field questionnaire survey with 388 students from the civil engineering department and engineering college....

Cities suffer from many problems that have led to a decline in the quality of life. A large part of these problems is related to the relationship of the transportation system to the urban form of the city. This represents the research problem, As the study of the relationship between public transport and urban form implicitly deals with the relatio...

This study intends to evaluate university students’ awareness regarding water pollution in Iraq to show the environmental education contribution in reducing water pollution. The study was conducted in Wasit university, Wasit province, Iraq by field questionnaire survey with 388 students from the civil engineering department and engineering college....

The task of urban planning is to optimize use of land for competing activities in the city, so the successful planning is which maximizes benefits and reduces environmental, social and economic costs through determinants and standards. The use of gas stations is one of the uses of the land supposed to be distributed spatially achieve better efficie...

This paper addresses the subject of the transformation of traditional environments and how this affects the future style of sacred cities. The study attempts to analyse and evaluate the traditional structural characteristics and structural transformations in holy shrine city centres, and to find an approach to protect the urban and architectural st...

The Urban expansion is known as the occurred changes at the city infrastructure, and it is measured by the survey change between two periodic stages. If there is a population and Economical developing so expansion is inevitable. So, the Research is relied on presenting the problem is not following the correct Scientific Methodology in choosing the...

Abstract The research deals with the absence or weakness the criteria in assessing the current sustainability indicators for residential neighborhoods ,Which is the problem research, so the goal of the research to build a sustainability knowledge in the residential neighborhood with an attempt to measure sustainability indicators in six residential...

تعاني اغلب مددننا من تراجع دور النفل العام فيها , ونظر لا أهمية النقل العام في تحقيق الاستدامة , وللمساهمة في تفعيل النقل العام من خلال معرفة العوامل المثرة كان هذا الكتاب الكتاب يحاول ان يحلل ويستكشف العلاقة والتاثير بين النقل العام والتنمية الحضرية المستدامة , عن التاثير المباشر للنقل العام وتاثير تفعيله على الاستدامة الحضرية على نحو عام وتناول...

Day after day smart-government applications are increasing and being used in all aspects of life. The growing impact in the future on the reality of the city is expected to lead to the emergence of what could be called an intelligent or smart life that would make it impossible to control the management of cities and deliver services within the trad...

Cities turn constantly grow and decay, Jobs many of its parts are constantly changing and therefore land use change, this change is a natural thing and the year of the ways of the universe, but in all cases and in all kinds of cities and all over the world is the city center is the city center of the most important of their parts and linked to the...

Green Infrastructure Assesses Developmental plan proposed at the green infrastructure for the AL-Kut city Abstract The Problems increase dramatically day after day in cities and declining quality of life, Resulting the decline on ecosystems, To address the problems in an integrated manner infrastructure green concepts emerged in the nineties of the...

اصبح اختصاص تخطيط المدن من الاختصاصات الضرورية لمواجهه المشاكل الكبيرة والمعقدة التي تواجهه البشرية في عالمنا المعاصر والتي لا سبيل لحلها الا بالبحث والدراسة المعمقة المستندة احدث المناهج والنظريات التي توصل لها العلم . تعاني اغلب مدننا الكثير من المشاكل الموجودة في اغلب مدن العالم , فضلا عن مشاكلها الاضافية , فمدننا نمت بفعل الريع الناتج عن الثروا...

اصبح اختصاص تخطيط المدن من الاختصاصات الضرورية لمواجهه المشاكل الكبيرة والمعقدة التي تواجهه البشرية في عالمنا المعاصر والتي لا سبيل لحلها الا بالبحث والدراسة المعمقة المستندة احدث المناهج والنظريات التي توصل لها العلم . تعاني اغلب مدننا الكثير من المشاكل الموجودة في اغلب مدن العالم , فضلا عن مشاكلها الاضافية , فمدننا نمت بفعل الريع الناتج عن الثروا...

المستخلص تتحول المدن باستمرار تنمو او تضمحل , تتغير وظائف الكثير من اجزائها باستمرار وبالتالي تتغير استعمالات الارض , لكن يبقى مركز المدينة محور أداء المدينة الوظيفي, ويعد المركز بمثابة القلب للمدينة ، حيث تتعدد الأنشطة التجارية والثقافية والحكومية والوظائف المتمركزة بشكل منقطع النظير فهو يحتوي علي نسبة كبيرة من المباني من جميع الأعمار والطرز وتل...

This paper discusses the current situation in old cities of Iraq, which is not commensurate with the high prestige and sanctity of what it contains and what it represents of rarity and typicality. The aim of the research is to build a base of knowledge about the urban sustainability in development of the historic city centers and in particular city...

تطورتفكرة المحلة السكنية ومرت بمراحل عديدة في البيئة التي نشات فيها هذه الفكرة بناءً على التطور التكنولوجي والاجتماعي وتحديات النمو السكاني , وفي ضوء هذا التطور تغير ايضا الكثير من المفاهيم التخطيطية, ان مفهوم المحلة اثر في شكل المدينة بصورةلذا يمكن القول بان مشكلة البحث تتحدد بضعف ملائمة التصميم الشطرنجي للمحلة السكنية، والمعتمد على طروحات غريبة ل...

أدى زيادة الاهتمام بالبيئة وبالآثار السلبية التي تحل بها نتيجة للأنشطة البشرية بشكل عام و الاقتصادية بشكل خاص إلى تنامي إدراك الحكومات و المؤسسات الدولية باستحالة فصل قضايا الشفاء البيئي و البيئة المستدامة عن قضايا التنمية المستدامة التي تشمل اضافة الى البعد البيئي البعد الاقتصادي و الاجتماعي، فالكثير من أشكال التنمية يستنزف الموارد الطبيعية ويخل ب...