The Faculty of Urban Planning – University of Kufa – Department of Environmental Planning, in cooperation with Wasit University, Faculty of Architecture, held its specialized scientific symposium entitled “Urban Forms in Iraqi Cities” on Monday 5/15/2023 and in the conference hall in the college..
The symposium included three main axes in which the teachers delivered three working papers. The first was Professor Dr. Ihsan Abbas Jassim and Assistant Professor Laheeb Abbas Jassim, in which they discussed the role of the urban planner in shaping the Iraqi city. Aseel Saad Abdel-Amir.. As for the third paper, it included transit-oriented development as one of the sustainable urban forms for the cities of Najaf and Kufa. It was delivered by Assistant Professor Dr. Ahmed Abdel-Salam and Assistant Doctor Ahmed Shamkhi..
The symposium was opened by the Dean of the Faculty of Urban Planning, Assistant Professor Dr. Samer Al-Jashami, the Head of the Environmental Planning Department, Assistant Professor Dr. Suhaib Karim Najris, and the respected Administrative Assistant..
The symposium was attended by a number of specialists in the province of Najaf, directors of Kufa municipalities and urban planning, and a number of Faculty professors and graduate students.