TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ali,Kani Hiwa
AU  - Shotorbani,Payam Mahasti
TI  - THE TRANSFORMATION OF URBAN IDENTITY AFTER THE FALL OF BAGHDAD WAR IN 2023
PY  - 2023///
KW  - City planning
KW  - Dissertations, Academic
KW  - Iraq
KW  - City and town life
N1  - Thesis (MArch) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research Architecture Department; Includes bibliography (sheets 92-97)
N2  - ABSTRACT
Urban identity if formed by the entire value and cities features. Urban transformation 
is the activities and strategies for maintaining environmental and life balance. The 
urban identity and transformation are recent on the 21st century, are the ground of this 
study in Baghdad. As a result of globalization the change in socio-cultural and 
economic conditions are experienced all over the world, making it compulsory to 
reshape cities, making urban identity more important.
The critical question arises in this realization, what are the influence of this 
transformation on the urban identity in Baghdad after the war in 2003? The impact on 
the quality of life. The study aims to analyze the transformation of urban identity after 
the falling of Baghdad war in 2003. It will explore the factors that contributed to the 
historical formation of urban identity of Baghdad, its transformation post-war.
This research aim explored the transformation of urban identity in Baghdad from its 
earliest era to, after the war in 2003 with focus on its streets and squares. On the 
physical aspect of the urban identity transformation, the empirical data was obtained 
being a qualitative research method. 
The research paper presented here depicted the transformation of Baghdad city from 
the early development era to the aftermath of the 2003 war. Following the 2003 
fighting in Iraq, the city center of Baghdad was transformed into a staging area for
military procedures and terrorist attacks. The layout, convenience, and functions of the 
space is all altered dramatically. Concrete fences prevent access to the core public 
spaces and separate from city center from the adjacent growth zone.
To comprehend this vagary in urban fabric of this city moral instance, to what 
happened afterward the war was compared with the same space and place previously
the 2003 war. The research discovered the spatial facilities syntax and identity of 
Baghdad through investigative its urban transformation and development at different 
stages and periods. The urban conversion in Baghdad indicated that the urban 
traditional form was created on urban space hierarchy escorted with the bounded
physical features.
Keywords: Baghdad, Baghdad War 2003, Urban Identity, Urban Planning, Urban 
Transformation
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