Ecology in the Planning Of Traditional Neighborhood Unit -a Practical Study in a Selected Neighborhood in the City of Mosul

الملخص

The Traditional Neighborhood Unit represents one of The cultural state of the Society. It is
related to the environmental cases saving some chances, abilities, reducing power, controlling
atmosphere, and providing comfort since the building is one element of the ecological system
and not a different and an isolated from the surrounding ecological systems.
The problem of the current research is concentrated upon the lack of information on the
abilities of the traditional neibourhood which help her to stay up to now. So the aim of the
research is to find out the idea of ecological methodology. This has been accomplished through
some environmental and planning point of view. Also it depends mainly on signs of
accomplishing urban form concentrating on climatic attributes and environmental needs. This
paper hypothesizes that accomplishing the ecological methodology needs having tools and
means for the planning of the traditional neibourhood to control the climate challenges in cities
where we have hot and dry climate. To achieve such an aim here, an analytical and observative
approach together with an observation form have been adopted, to select such a sample is then
analyzed and the ecological features have been identified. Also, the abilities which give this
model planning resistance up to now have been found.