An Evalution on Karbala City Slums and Concrete Blocks in Iraq: A Housing Unit Design Proposal

Year 2022, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 105 - 124, 30.06.2022

Ahmed Kadhim , Deniz Çetin

https://doi.org/10.53600/ajesa.1078234

Abstract

This research deals with one of the biggest housing problems in Iraq; where economic, social and political problems and the lack of organization have led to the emergence of slums in Iraqi cities and where the great social changes have been destroying Iraqi society. The appearance of concrete blocks in Iraqi cities during the war which divided and divided cities and neighborhoods into separate scattered pieces made the matter worse, as their numbers are estimated in the hundreds of thousands. The damage caused by concrete blocks is close to the damage of informal neighborhoods in cities. The research focuses both on the housing problems particularly in the slum areas of the city of Karbala with the changes of the planning policies of the city by the presence of slums and the existence of concrete blocks in Iraqi cities as an urban problem. Finally, the research proposes a housing unit design as a solution for the problem of slums by using concrete blocks.

Keywords

Karbala City, Iraq, slum, concrete blocks, housing unit

Kerbela Şehri Gecekonduları ve Irak’taki Beton Bloklar Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme: Bir Konut Birimi Tasarımı Önerisi

Abstract

Bu araştırma; ekonomik, sosyal ve politik sorunların ve örgütlenme eksikliğinin gecekondu oluşumlarına neden olduğu ve büyük sosyal değişimlerin topluma zarar verdiği Irak’taki en büyük konut sorunlarından birini ele almaktadır. Savaş sırasında Irak şehirlerinde ortaya çıkan ve sayılarının yüzbinleri bulduğu tahmin edilen beton bloklar, şehirleri ve mahalleleri bölerek dağınık parçalara ayırmış ve kentlerdeki durumu daha da kötüleştirmiştir. Beton bloklardan kaynaklanan hasar, gecekondu mahallelerin şehirlere verdiği zarara yakındır. Araştırma, hem Kerbela şehrinin gecekondu bölgelerindeki konut sorunlarına ve gecekonduların ortaya çıkışı ile kentin planlama politikalarının nasıl değiştiğine hem de bir kentsel sorun olarak Irak kentlerindeki beton bloklara odaklanmaktadır. Sonuç bölümünde araştırma, gecekondu sorununa çözüm olarak beton bloklar kullanılarak bir konut birimi tasarımı önermektedir.

Keywords

Kerbela Şehri, Irak, gecekondu, beton bloklar, konut birimi

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