Stages of growth and development of human settlements in Najaf Governorate
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36327/ewjh.v2i37.24802Keywords:
Human settlements, rural settlement, urban settlementAbstract
The distribution of human settlements in the study area was characterized by three patterns: The first is the linear pattern, with a percentage of (73%), which prevails in all sides of the alluvial plain, as the population is distributed along the Kufa and Abbasiya waterways and the streams branching off from them. As for the existing settlements according to the scattered and clustered patterns, they were ranked second, with a percentage of (27%), which prevails in the areas of the plateau. The presence of the population was scattered according to the presence of groundwater (springs and wells) and the clustered pattern that prevails in specific urban areas, as the urban population of the governorate gathered in urban clusters in the Najaf and Kufa district centers, and the rest were distributed among the rest of the administrative unit centers
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