Deformation of Visual Environment in Kirkuk City
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International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT) | 
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| © 2017 by IJETT Journal | ||
| Volume-47 Number-6 |
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| Year of Publication : 2017 | ||
| Authors : Samal Osman Saied Baban, AbdulrazaqZamilMenshid Al-saedi |
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| DOI : 10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V47P252 |
Citation
Samal Osman Saied Baban, AbdulrazaqZamilMenshid Al-saedi "Deformation of Visual Environment in Kirkuk City", International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT), V47(6),322-328 May 2017. ISSN:2231-5381. www.ijettjournal.org. published by seventh sense research group
Abstract
Recently, Iraq had witnessedhuge
development in the field of materials and construction
that lead to various types of residential and
commercial communities that influence the urban,
environmental, social, and economic aspects of the
city. The bad situations that Iraqi cities suffer during
the last two decades, and due to the absence of an
efficient urban planning, and strict regulations that
organize cities` land-use according to their master
plan, and those that decide the relationship between
buildings- spaces and their surroundings as well as
the lack of visual organization for the elements and
their relationships within the urban façade; all that
have led to a visual deformation of the local urban
environment.This paper discusses the deformation of
the visual environment (townscape)in Kirkuk city as a
case study, as it studies the impact of three factors in
increasing the visual deformation of the townscape;
first, the lack of organization of form`s elements and
their relationships. Second, the impact of the
exaggeration of using elements and materials, and
third is the impact of the lack of strict rules and
regulations.
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Keywords
Visual Deformation, Townscape, Kirkuk
City, Visual Environment, Urban Physical
Components, Mass and Void Relationship, Urban
Facade.