The Effect of Koya University on the Urban Morphology of Koya City
 |
International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT) | 
|
| © 2017 by IJETT Journal | ||
| Volume-47 Number-1 |
||
| Year of Publication : 2017 | ||
| Authors : Abdulrazaq Zamil Menshid Al-saedi, Samal Osman Saied Baban |
||
| DOI : 10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V47P205 |
Citation
Abdulrazaq Zamil Menshid Al-saedi, Samal Osman Saied Baban "The Effect of Koya University on the Urban Morphology of Koya City", International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT), V47(1),36-41 May 2017. ISSN:2231-5381. www.ijettjournal.org. published by seventh sense research group
Abstract
Koya city is one of the most important cities in
Kurdistan-Iraq because of its rich history and
important geographical location between three main
cities in Kurdistan (Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and
Kirkuk). However, the development of the city and
its growth was slow over the time.
This paper discusses the most important period of
growth of this city, which followed the establishment
of koya University in 2003. Where there has been a
change in the speed, shape and direction of city’s
growth. Since 1940 the growth of the city was
centred around the main market in the centre of the
city, but after 2003 it became linear, away from the
centre towards the university site, which affected the
morphology of the city and its structural
characteristics. Using the Depth Map UCL Software
which is based on the theory of Space Syntax by
Hillier, this paper focused on studying and analysing
the city plans in three different stages, the first was
in 1940 where the city consisted of four residential
neighbourhoods only, while the second stage was
before the establishment of the university in 2003,
and the city plan ten years after the establishment of
the university in 2013.
The main new axes which were generated have
been identified, by analysing the values and graphs
for each of the Integration, the Main Depth and
Connectivity at each of the three stages, and
compare the results before and after university, and
by analysing the values and graphs for each of
Integration, Main Depth and Connectivity at each of
the three stages, and compare the results before and
after university, The main new axes which were
generated have been identified and how the
integration node of the has changed and moved from
the centre towards the university site.
References
[1] Perry, D., & Wiewel, W. From campus to city: The
university as developer. In D. C. Perry & W. Wiewel
(Eds.), The university as urban developer: Case studies and
analysis, 2005.
[2] Bentley, I. & Butina, G., in Gleave, S. [ed.], Urban design,
Architects Journal, vol.192, no.17, pp.61-71, Oct.1990.
[3] Kropt, P., The handling characteristics of urban form, in
Urban Morphology, Urban Design, Winter, Issue 93,
London, Urban Design Group, 2005.
[4] Hillier, Bill, And Hanson, Julienne, The Social Logic of
Space , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1984.
[5] (2017) The General Board of Tourism of Kurdistan – Iraq
website. [Online]. Available: http://bot.gov.krd/erbilprovince/
koysinjaq
[6] Tofic,Hawar Taha, “Urban Built Problems in Koya City
Center,” MSc. thesis, Koya university, Koya, Iraq. 2010.
[7] (2017) Koya University website. [Online]. Available:
http://koyauniversity.org.
[8] Wiewel, Wim, and David C. Perry. Case Studies and
Analysis. Edited by Wim Wiewel and David C. Perry. New York. Armonk, New York: Lincoln Institute of Land
Policy. 2008.
[9] Kamel. Maha Sami, “Approach of the impact of regional
elements in the medium cities on urban growth guidance,”
PhD thesis , Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, 2001.
Keywords
Koya University, Depth Map, City
Growth, Urban Morphology, Space Syntax.