أثر الإسلام في تطوير بعض المفاهيم الأساسية في تخطيط المدن

Abstract EN

The arise of Islam as a multidimensional changing phenomenon with its own revolutionary and comprehensive character was inherent with a lot of alterations in social aspects , and this is explicit particularly in the scope of urban life and town planning.

Essentially, Islamic style of life has its own urban identity.

The urbanization process in Islam has been developed across two integrated sides, the first one concerned on ideational and theoretical aspects , while the other associated with practice .Many urban centers emerged during the Islamic era since the erection of Basrah , the first Islamic town in the middle of the 7th.centaury. Some contemporary urban concepts , both environmental and social could be noticed in Islamic achievements within this field such as zoning, road hierarchy , and the neighbourhood unit which this research tries to shed light on briefly .