Urban visual quality of traditional Kut city center

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This paper addresses of urban visual quality at Traditional Kut City Center as an important part of urban life concept.

Where most of the traditional city centers suffer from unorganized interventions and urban disruption, affecting the identity and future of the city and its quality of urban life.

To achieve the objectives of this paper, the study area was divided into three main areas: the river side, the middle part, and the part overlooking the residential units.

A quantitative analysis of the city center (the three parts) was prepared and analyzed using the SWAT method.

A questionnaire was prepared and answered by a group of experts with expertise and specialization in the field of urban design and architecture to answer the set of axes allocated to the questionnaire.

The research found that there is a positive correlation between these indicators.

The more attention is paid to the visual urban image indicators of the traditional city center, the clearer the urban environment will be, thus increasing the city's visual value and quality of life.

To improve the urban visual quality at Traditional Kut City Center, the research considers the need to attention of three vertical indicators, and look at to urban sustainability as an important part of enhancing the visual quality of the city center, where sustainability works with visual quality first by determining the standards of construction and urban intervention of The traditional city of Kut, And secondly, the morphological formation of the traditional center which is the main factor in the concept of enhancing the visual quality of urban centers in the This paper addresses of urban visual quality at Traditional Kut City Center as an important part of urban life concept.

Where most of the traditional city centers suffer from unorganized interventions and urban disruption, affecting the identity and future of the city and its quality of urban life.

To achieve the objectives of this paper, the study area was divided into three main areas: the river side, the middle part, and the part overlooking the residential units.

A quantitative analysis of the city center (the three parts) was prepared and analyzed using the SWAT method.

A questionnaire was prepared and answered by a group of experts with expertise and specialization in the field of urban design and architecture to answer the set of axes allocated to the questionnaire.

The research found that there is a positive correlation between these indicators.

The more attention is paid to the visual urban image indicators of the traditional city center, the clearer the urban environment will be, thus increasing the city's visual value and quality of life.

To improve the urban visual quality at Traditional Kut City Center, the research considers the need to attention of three vertical indicators, and look at to urban sustainability as an important part of enhancing the visual quality of the city center, where sustainability works with visual quality first by determining the standards of construction and urban intervention of The traditional city of Kut, And secondly, the morphological formation of the traditional center which is the main factor in the concept of enhancing the visual quality of urban centers in the cities.