THE EFFICIENCY EVALUATION OF SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF GREEN AND RECREATION IN HILLA CITY

Abstract

Green areas play an important role in urban planning because of their effect on the environmental. The main objective of this research is to evaluate the spatial distribution of green areas among the neighborhoods of Hilla city. Two criteria had been used, the first was the ration of green area with respect to whole area of the land uses, the second was the individual share (m2/Inh.) of green area. The main conclusion of this study was the high variation in the green area allocated, because of the existing of plam forests around and within the city and the bad allocation of this use (green area) in the city master plan.