Sustainability of Commercial Streets Evaluation of Selected Streets in Al-Kut City

Abstract

Streets are the most important parts of the city because they are the lifelines of cities and provide corridors and means of communication within cities and ways of interaction between activities. As well as being a place for social interaction among the residents. The availability of sustainable streets is an important part of the city's sustainability. This research discusses the criteria adopted to achieve sustainability in the streets, and then analyzes the reality of the streets in the study area, and compares with the sustainability indicators for each street. The research found that all the streets chosen in the city of Kut are very far from sustainability standards and do not match any international standards, as street designs encourage private cars at the expense of most other means of transportation, and the absence of institutional organization, as most streets lack the safety factor and the lack of response to the designs of conditions environmental.