baghdad sustainabilit

1. Faculty of Engineering
Department of civil and structure engineering
Supervised by:-
Prof. Dr. RIZA ATIQ ABDULLAH BIN O.K.RAHMAT
November 2012

3. General Description:
Bagdad is the capital city of Iraq, lies on the two
banks of the Tigris River in the central region of
the country.
Baghdad is an arid zone city and the largest in
Iraq, besides being the most important business
and commercial center.

5. :
Baghdad city is divided into nine municipalities.
These are:
(I): Municipalities along the Rusafa side
1.Municipality of Rusafa
2.Municipality of Adhamiya
3.Karadah municipality
4.Municipality of April 9th
5.Municipality of Al-Sadr

6. (II): Municipalities along the Karkh side
1.Karkh municipality
2.Municipality of Mansour
3.Kahdemyia municipality
4.Rashid municipality

8. The appearance of commercial streets has a
significant effect on townscape and influences
the image of the city of Baghdad as a place to
invest in and visit.
There are 230 commercial streets Distributed in
different parts of the city.

10. Municipalities in Bagdad have similar
characteristics, For example, the centres
of Rusafa and Karkh municipalities are
historical areas while Kahdemyia and
Adhamiya are religious areas; Karadah
and Mansour are modern areas and the
municipalities of Al-Sadr, April 9, and
Rashid are the most recently established
on the outskirts of Baghdad and are
under the process of construction.

11. Examples of Commercial streets in
Baghdad
Kefah Street Haifa Street

13. The solid waste generated in
Waste: Baghdad fluctuates extremely
according to the economic
status, seasons, climate and
municipal services.
Baghdadis are producing now
more waste with each passing
year..

14. Over the past 30 years, the waste produced
in this country has more than five times.
From 0.388 million tons in 1978 to about
2.126 million tons in 2005. Some of this
increase is linked to Baghdad population
growth.

15. Baghdadis are generating waste products faster
than nature can break them
down and using up resources faster than they
can be replaced. This adds up to big
trouble for the environment.

16. Transport:
Transportation was one of the Iraqi economy's
most active sectors in the late 1980s; it was
allocated a large share of the domestic
development budget because it was important
to the government for several reasons. Logistics
became a crucial factor in Iraq's conduct of the
Iran-Iraq War. The government also recognized
that transportation bottlenecks limited
industrial development more than any other
factor.

17. Transport in Iraq consists of railways, highways,
waterways, pipelines, ports and harbors,
marines and airports.

18. the government embarked on an ambitious plan
to upgrade and to extend road, rail, air, and river
transport simultaneously.

19. Education :
Iraq established its education system in 1921,
offering both public and private paths. In the
early 1970s, education became public and free
at all levels, and mandatory at the primary level.
Two ministries manage the education system in
Iraq: the Ministry of Education [MOE] and the
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific
Research [MOHSR].

20. The Ministry of Education is in charge of pre-
school, primary, secondary, and vocational
education, while the Ministry of Higher
Education and Scientific Research [MOHSR] is
in charge of tertiary education and research
centers.

21. Baghdad universities

23. Geography and Baghdad has a subtropical
climate arid climate in terms of
maximum temperatures, one
of the hottest cities in the
world. In the summer from
June to August, the average
maximum temperature is as
high as 44 °C (111 °F)
accompanied by blazing
sunshine

24. Economy:
Iraq’s economy is dominated by the oil sector,
which has traditionally provided about 95% of
foreign exchange earnings.

25. Employment: In 2002 Iraq’s labor force was
estimated at 6.8 million
people. In 1996 some 66.4
percent of the labor force
worked in services, 17.5
percent in industry, and 16.1
percent in agriculture. 2004
estimates of Iraq’s
unemployment ranged from
30 percent to 60 percent.

26. Food:
Most Baghdad restaurants serve traditional
Middle Eastern food, but the cooking style of
Iraqi people is milder in spices than other
Middle Eastern countries.

27. Iraqi cuisine