التوزيع المكاني لظاهرة انشطار الوحدات السكنية في أحياء مدينة الكوفة (السراي، ميثم التمار، المعلمين، ميسان)‎

Abstract EN

Residential function occupied the top of the pyramid of the functions that the city provides; the importance of this function does not restricted only to the area it occupied, it also concern being one of the most important requirements for live.

The study based on the three main dimensions: place, Man and time, which represent the essence of the geographic studies; where geography is a spatial science cares for the place where Man settle and its effect on framing the environment material elements such as residence, in addition to the continuous attempts of Man to adopt with the local environment conditions.

The constructional increasing and the population growth of Al-Kufa city had changed many of the spatial relations of wide area of the city especially residence.

GIS had been used in drawing the maps for the study area.

Al-Kufa city is the center of Al-Kufa district, it is one of the important cultural centers of Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf governorate, it locates in the eastern north part of the governorate with an area of (1609,1 hectare) and (175562) population for 2017.