Urban form and social sustainability (the city of Hilla)

Global commitments to make cities more sustainable are accompanied by discussion over the type of urban form needed to attain this goal. Then reviewing, an important initial step is to review the approaches utilized in prior urban form studies. After undertaking a review of related literature, we provide a solid theoretical framework for the practical side. This research is concerned with proving the relationship between social sustainability and urban form and its impact on type of housing and density. Rather than depending on total density increases to produce sustainable outcomes, future metropolitan planning policies should provide a more specific understanding of the influence that diverse urban structure and form types might have from a sustainable behavior standpoint. The problem with this paper is that yet there is a lack of research and frameworks that can be applied successfully at a local level (city of Hilla). This poses a fundamental problem for sustainability assessment. The general objective of this paper is to develop a framework that provides us with sustainable indicators Through the research methodology followed, which includes several steps, the first step is to identify the main issues, needs, and problems in the study area (Al-Hilla) using documentary sources, focused group discussions and interviews, then the second step consists of reformulating the problems and needs that appeared in the objectives (solution) The next step consists of Formulating indicators and then arranging them in the fourth step, and through these indicators, which will assist us in evaluating the urban form of the city of Hilla.