Stages development and updating of the master plan for the city of Baghdad by adopting spatial techniques

Abstract

The master plan  is a comprehensive plan works to organize the social and economic variables in the city, in addition to zoning and organizing the uses of the land for the next (20) - (30) years, which is the documentary and visual result of the planning process. The most prominent problems in the research are that the basic plans prepared for the city of Baghdad suffer from official and unofficial changes taking place in the uses of the land, especially the proposed development plan until 2030 updated by Khatib and Alami Company, contrary to what is stipulated in these plans, which may hinder the process of implementing these plans in the future. In order to reach the goal of the research, identifying the development of the city of Baghdad according to the basic plans and the changes that occur over time in the uses of the land contrary to what was planned.

          Under the assumption that the changes that occur in the uses of the land brought about by the basic plan lead to obstructing the implementation of this plan in the future. The descriptive analytical approach was relied upon to review the foundation plans since the first foundation plan in 1936, 1956, 1959, and 1973, for the city of Baghdad, all the way to the latest foundation plan produced by Khatib and Alami Company until the year (2030), using spatial techniques to identify the development of the foundation plans through Remote sensing of satellite images (and geographic information systems

           (G.I.S.)) and map production, for changes in informal and official land uses by the decision of the Supreme Committee for Foundation Design, which affect the proposals of the foundation plan. The research reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which are the changes that occurred (no matter how private they are from the general public or General by the state (not scientifically studied and does not have a comprehensive view of all uses, so such changes cause an imbalance in land uses and affect the implementation of the basic plans of the city, and led to the recommendation to increase the spaces allocated to green areas and recreational activities Through the following measures, it is necessary to stop changing the use of green areas to residential use.