Change in land-uses of Ramadi city and its influence on public transportation sustainability

Abstract

The transportation system in the city of Ramadi, like other Iraqi cities, suffers from many problems for many reasons, notably, changing land uses there. Since the mid-nineties, the change from residential to commercial use was common in Ramadi, and the absence of successful and sustainable planning has exacerbated the problems more due to a large number of planning violations. Here lies the problem of the study, which is the negative impact of the change on the sustainability of urban transportation. In order to address such problems, there is a need for in-depth knowledge of the impact ratios and their reasons for resolving the various transportation changes under study, which is the sustainability of public transport for its significance, and it is deeply affected by changes in land uses. The aim of the study stems from impact standardization and its spatial location and analyzing it by using geographic information systems. The model can be adopted and circulated to the rest of the Iraqi cities in order to present a vision to address the negative impact resulting from the change in land uses and to achieve the goals of sustainable planning for the urban area