Evaluation Of Spatial Factors’ Impact On Physical Integration Of Informal Settlements: Erbil City – Iraq

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2018-01
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Mawlan, Kayfi Akram
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
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This thesis studies one of the distinct topics of the urban environment in cities which discusses the integration of urban areas through the spatial dimension. The integration of informal settlements considers all dimensions of the urban development such as social, economic, and spatial. This study focuses on the spatial integration of these settlements. This research is concerned with how to achieve sustainable urban environment in developing cities by investigating the integration of informal settlements on the basis of the impact of spatial aspects. The objectives of this research are to identify and specify key spatial factors that influence the physical integration of informal settlements in the urban fabric of Erbil city, to determine the physical integration within the informal study area and with surrounding neighborhoods, and to determine the most influential spatial factors on the integration of the informal settlements. This research adopts the quantitative approach. This study uses specific methods of analysis. The methods consist of factor analysis that identifies spatial factors that affect the integration in the study area, space syntax into GIS that measures the levels of integration, and multi-linear regression that measures the impact of the spatial factors on the levels of integration. The main finding of the study is that the most influential factors in interpreting the integration were “the cognition of spatial behavior of the study area’s environment” and “accessibility to public services and residential patterns” on the level of the study area and “movement system” and “vacant land” on the level of the study area with its neighboring areas. The contribution of this study lies in that it combined all the spatial factors by using quantitative measurements and established that spatial factors have an impact on the integration of informal settlements in the urban fabric of the city. In addition, this study assists urban institutions to be able to direct the development plans and to determine planning and controlling priorities through clear quantitative standards for informal areas in the city.
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The integration of urban areas , through the spatial dimension
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