ANALYTICAL STUDY FOR SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT INAL-KHALES PROVINCE

Hamed Ali, Taghreed

	ANALYTICAL STUDY FOR SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT INAL-KHALES PROVINCE
The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Science
Article 1, Volume 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-101
Author
Taghreed Hamed Ali
Abstract
Conditions of Iraq led to unbalance of several environmental balances. Treatment and correcting these unbalances become a critical matter especially when looking to get clear results to the short term. For decades ago, the two components of rural environment facing risks and challenges resulted because of several factors. The most important factors are the unbalance between the population size and the quantity of natural sources,, manufacturing, urbanization, wars, natural disasters, and diseases. Other important factors are pollution of natural environment , air, water, living and working area, soil which suffer double than other elements because of the effects of wars, fires, garbage, continuous destroying of the plant cover. Second type of pollution is the social environmental pollution, like disappears of principles and values, weakens of social relationships, break down of families, increasing the social problems like poverty and illiteracy. The problem of this research is the fact of Iraqi rural environment. This fact is so bad, its treatment lies on the shoulders of several specialists, especially the regional planners and social and environmental specialists. This is required setting of sustainable environmental policies.This research is aimed to indicate the role of regional planning in supporting environment, firstly, because of the characteristics of Iraqi rural environment. These characteristics are resulted from its location and the traditional and attitudes of the community. Secondly, through indicate the role of regional planning in supporting environment, firstly, because of the characteristics of Iraqi rural environment. These characteristics are resulted from its location and the traditional and attitudes of the community. Secondly, through studying the rural regions, their environmental performance and using all that in the modern model. To fulfill the aims, the research methodology based on analyzing the characteristics of the environment of the traditional rural regions using the published information's. Cross-sectional data were also used through a survey carried out in a rural community in Al-Khales Province.Main results of the research indicated that the traditional planning of rural regions is naturally and socially suitable with the environment, its look to be a part of the region environment and not imposed. Research recommended to return to the pattern of traditional planning which considered as a contieouse source to our modern region.

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