Slums and their impact on residential use (Al-Rasheed district as a model)

Abstract

The study aims to try to find real solutions to reduce the spread of slums, as it is one of the most serious problems that threaten the urban, service, economic and social planning of cities, by knowing their causes and effects, Aerial photographs, data and statistics obtained from government departments and the digital model were relied upon (Arc Map 10.8) To map the spread of slums in the study area, the study concluded that the main reasons for the emergence and exacerbation of slums are population increase, lack of interest in the educational aspect and population migration, From the countryside to the city, the low economic level of individuals, the lack of sufficient government attention to this segment of society, as well as, the weakness of the rule of law in the study area, the study has made several proposals to solve the problem of slums, but the most important proposals to get rid of this problem are the distribution of land to the transgressors, Slums However, the most important proposals to get rid of this problem are to distribute land to the transgressors in a way that suits their income and the urbanization of cities at reasonable prices, and to facilitate loans for them to build their units, Fundamentally residential, as well as, providing them with services such as water, electricity and road paving.