Engineering and Technology Journal

A Framework to Embed Sustainability Concepts into the Design Processof Construction Projects in Iraq

Zeyad S. M. Khaled; Afrah M. H.Kashkool; Azhar M. Mohammed

Volume 34, 13A , December 2016, , Page 2566-2584

https://doi.org//10.30684/etj.34.13A.17

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Unfortunately, sustainability is overlooked in the Iraqi design practice of construction projects. This is clear for it has led to the prevailing unsustainable built environment in ... Read More ...

Environmental Management as an Entry Point to Achieve Sustainable Development with Reference to Reality Sustainable Development in Iraq

Amera khalaf Lftah

Volume 34, 4A , April 2016, , Page 117-130

https://doi.org/10.30684/etj.34.4A.14

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Led industrial activity and technological development in the countries of the world in recent years to the emergence of negative effects on the environment where the right of seriously ... Read More ... Led industrial activity and technological development in the countries of the world in recent years to the emergence of negative effects on the environment where the right of seriously polluting the natural and urban environmental components impact on natural systems and human health as well as the depletion of resource consumption is rational to her, leading to the depletion of non-renewable resources and influence the growth rate of renewable resources. EMS is one of the most important systems that are reliable in order to achieve reduction of environmental pollution targets and improve internal and external environment of the institutions. This system is based on a set of practices and tools include environmental impact and environmental risk assessment and management, pollution prevention and cleaner production consecration, and planning for emergency response, and environmental review. Cleaner production method is based like other preventive strategies, to the exclusion of pollution before it occurs. And it is a sure guarantee for the institutions to compete locally and globally, an option which ensures environmental bodies with the competent authorities on adoption in order to achieve green development (sustainable development) reduce loss and waste of natural resources and of energy, as a mechanism of sustainable development mechanisms. So consisted research the problem (the existence of environmental problems rather than on a specific place, but overtaken, to become a contemporary global problems, particularly when the exploitation of natural resources and unusually familiar, and without any consideration of what results from the act Alabama crowbar at the core of the ecological balance. The research aims to clarify the concept of environmental management (environmental management and its importance and its relationship to development). Identify the environmental situation in Iraq through the presentation of the most important environmental problems and sources of environmental pollution, causes, effects and various implications. Propose recommendations to improve the application of the proper environmental management system. The importance of searching through the occupied importance of environmental management, both in being a mainstay of economic activity in the conservation of natural resources and the rationalization of consumption, and in being responsive to the needs of sustainable development, and its ability to maintain the environmental elements of the system to continue. Study and analysis of the reality of environmental management and to assess its performance, and the disclosure of the difficulties and obstacles that stand in front of their evolution and limit their impact and do.

The Indicators of Sustainable Housing in Local Housing Projects

Safa Al-deen hussain ali; Sajda khadm al kindi

Volume 34, 4A , April 2016, , Page 131-151

https://doi.org/10.30684/etj.34.4A.15

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Most of the sustainable design principles work to reduce the cost of housing over the building life cycle (BLC) especially in housing development projects. As the concept emphasizes ... Read More ...

Using mobile to send an Environmental Report to the environmental database

Nahla F. Alwan

Volume 34, 4A , April 2016, , Page 787-796

https://doi.org/10.30684/etj.2016.112939

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The purpose of this research to create an application on Mobile allows volunteers and official staff sends information about various environmental problems suffered by the Iraqi individual ... Read More ...

Sustainable Urban Development -The Role of Waters' Canals in the Morphological Urban Development - City of Basrah as a Case Study

Sana Sati Abbas; Asaad Ghalib; Saba M. Abdul Wahid

Volume 32, Issue 6 , July 2014, , Page 165-185

https://doi.org/10.30684/etj.32.6A.19

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Where ever the life is found it's very likely to find a river or water in any form, people connected more and more with rivers, streams and canals and working hard to rehabilitate these ... Read More ... Where ever the life is found it's very likely to find a river or water in any form, people connected more and more with rivers, streams and canals and working hard to rehabilitate these waters' sources . The research problem is "there is a knowledgeable gap about the role of waters' canals in the morphological urban development of the cities ".While the aim of the research is to Diagnosis the waters' canals which embody the greatest importance in the morphological urban development of the city. The main research hypothesis is " canals vary in their importance or role in the morphological development of the cities ". The area of study is represented by city of Basrah because it has a network of waters' canals consolidated with the main streets' network in which every canal is parallel to one of city streets. The research studied the spatial organization of Basra city using the Arc View GIS 3.3 to see the canals that deserves rehabilitation within the city. and Studied lands' uses which align the important waters' canals by field survey. Also built a questionnaire about the character of urban development and its mechanism. The research reached in its practical study to diagnose the main waters' canals in the city which have the more importance in the morphological development of Basrah city , where its result come from the integration and the access to those canals by using major ways of transportation . The results of the program are about twelve canals which gained high values, those canals are " Sarraji River , Al Khora River , Alashar River , Alkhandag River , Rebat River , Jubailah River , Shatt al-Turk river , the vertical canal on the Shatt al-Turk river , Baghdad's streets' Canals beside Aljameyaaat district , the canals which paralleled Baghdad's street beside Alsma'i and Alaaleya districts ,alsheeaba's drainage canal and the vertical canal between Al-Sarraji and Al-Khora River) ,the research diagnoses and concentrates on the main lands' uses on the Both bankes of those Canals and they are (governmental , commercial and residential and mixed) . Research recommended that the focus should be on those important canals in the new developments.

The Challenges of Water Sustainability in Iraq

Abdul Hameed M. Jawad Al Obaidy; Mukdad Al-Khateeb

Volume 31, 5 A , May 2013, , Page 828-840

https://doi.org/10.30684/etj.31.5A3

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The sustainable development in Iraq is being hindered by several obstacles. Water, being related to the food security, is a main concern that could duplicate the already present socio-economic ... Read More ...

Keywords = Sustainable Development

A Framework to Embed Sustainability Concepts into the Design Processof Construction Projects in Iraq

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Environmental Management as an Entry Point to Achieve Sustainable Development with Reference to Reality Sustainable Development in Iraq

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The Indicators of Sustainable Housing in Local Housing Projects

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Using mobile to send an Environmental Report to the environmental database

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Sustainable Urban Development -The Role of Waters' Canals in the Morphological Urban Development - City of Basrah as a Case Study

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The Challenges of Water Sustainability in Iraq

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