تشجير المناطق الصحراوية في مدينة النجف الأشرف : دراسة حالة و تحليل

Abstract EN

The open spaces constitute an important part of rban areas for the effectiveness of environmental and social ntal conditions.

The research aims to study the natural conditions (soil and climatic factors) and their effects on varas well as aesthetic.

The research problem lies in the desert areas and afforestation city of Najaf, a model comes from being located within the areas of Western Sahara of Iraq, with sandy soil and sand animation as using lands caping to improve the environmeious plants in order to choose the appropriate ones to reduce the losses and get the best results.

Especially since there is a clear direction at the present time to improve the environment for all Iraqi provinces through afforestation of interior space and foreign affairs, as well as what contributes to such measures of aesthetic additions to the scenes of these cities.

From the premise that Iraq's cities have witnessed in general and particularly the city of Najaf rapid urban growth because of its special position compared to other cities of Iraq, as the population increased at a high rate during the short periods of time.

And open spaces are the most areas that need special attention to their direct impact on humans and various activities.

Through the survey of a random sample included 85 members of the public spaces of the pioneers of the study area was found that 34 % would prefer to see the system engineering in the public parks of the study area, and that 53 % would prefer to see the natural order and that 13 % would prefer to see mixed system and it's the most important types of plants that contribute to the creation of vegetation in areas of sand dunes Salsida bestifera Phragmitis communi Artemisia scarpia.