Published date: May 03 2018

Journal Title: KnE Engineering

Issue title: Postmodern Urban and Regional Planning in Iraq

Pages: 83–102

DOI: 10.18502/keg.v3i4.2163

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A Abudlkareem Hussian

There are some cities on the local level are classified as postmodern cities, Therefore, the Iraqi planner must recognize the intellectual, ideological and cultural context and not only to stick to the standards and tools. He /she should have a knowledge of the direction of the community and its requirements as a result of living in the postmodern ideology but still belong to the pre- modernism era. The shift to the strategic planning approach in Iraq as an approved planning approach has requirements that must be met by actors in the planning process in Iraq to match the postmodern phase.

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