THE TRANSFORMATION OF URBAN IDENTITY AFTER THE FALL OF BAGHDAD WAR IN 2023 / KANI HIWA ALI; SUPERVISOR: ASSOC. PROF. DR. PAYAM MAHASTI SHOTORBANI
Dil: İngilizce 2023Tanım: viii, 97 sheets; 31 cm. Includes CDİçerik türü:- text
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Thesis (MArch) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research Architecture Department
Includes bibliography (sheets 92-97)
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.