THE EFFECT OF CHANGING LAND USES ON THE SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREA
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تغير استعمالات الارض, الخصوصية , التفاعل الاجتماعي, الانتماء المكاني, الامانAbstract
Structures Urban residential in Baghdad suffer from several problems, which emerged as a result of decisions taken by the Mayoralty Baghdad to change the land use since mid of 1983, from residential to commercial utilities, under the law of commercial streets of in Baghdad city, which has led to the emergence of many disadvantage influences on the populations of residential territories, because of the fundamental change in the foundation, construction, and service jobs, economic, further to social areas surrounding these streets. Aim of the Research to identify the negative effects of this change on the social characteristics of the residential area. The research found that allowing change land use in the city and especially residential streets exacerbates social problem, as it works to expel some of the weaker uses such as residential use, which falls commercial and industrial favor. Also, this change led to a lack of
privacy at all levels, and frequenting open spaces and green because it became a commercial area. This change showed a lack of social interaction between members of the residential area as a result of weak ties neighbors, and the displacement of strangers on the residential area, as well as a weak sense of belonging spatial result of the feeling of belonging to the neighborhood residential to a lack of harmony between the various social strata and unequal physical condition, generating the difference between them...
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