Urban transformations of historical cities centers: Urban renewal projects of Alnajaf city center

Abstract

This document is a Show the relationship between the components of the Morphological city contents (form) and functions of traditional activities in historical city centers. The research problem relating to non-clarity of the priorities of Development in urban renewal of historic city centers. In this part, the intervention in methodologies that define the nature of the changes in the morphological form of built environment in Historical Cities Centers. And in this relationship effect on continuance of traditional functions activities in historical city centers. Search assumes that the system (individuals and institutions - legislation) controlled on the morphology of historic city centers and determine the nature of their transformations, and play a more important role in providing an integrated morphological urban form of historical city centers visions. Variables have been studied within the core focus on the activities of the intervention (methodologies with the foundations of the theory and practical) and draw the indicators and their application to the historic center of the city of Najaf and propose methodologies best suited to deal with that status. Where you play the following aspects: (individuals and institutions), (legislation), the most important role in providing integrated vision of the city influence and control in one way or another in Transformations morphology historic city centers within methodologies intervention.