Sustainable residential complex planning: Analysis of contemporary experiences and extraction of indicators

Abstract

Sustainable residential complex planning has become an important approach for achieve sustainable urban development in contemporary cities. However, despite the growing global interest in this field, local studies in Iraq still focus mainly on design or environmental aspects without providing an integrative framework that links planning and management within a clear institutional and legislative context. In addition, the absence of locally adapted indicators for evaluating the sustainability of residential complexes has limited the ability to assess the actual performance of these projects. Therefore, the research problem lies in the lack of a sustainable planning and management framework based on measurable indicators that can be applied within the local urban context. The research assumes that sustainable planning for residential complexes depends on the relationship between the diversity of planning indicators and the degree of their comprehensiveness and integration. Based on this assumption, the study aims to analyze contemporary residential complex experiences and extract the main planning indicators that contribute to achieving sustainable residential development.  The findings indicate that the integration of spatial, environmental, urban, social, and economic indicators plays a significant role in improving the sustainability performance of residential complexes. The study concludes that adopting an integrated framework based on these indicators can support more effective planning strategies for sustainable residential developments.

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