In most cases, changes in the street's uses, types and the streets’ activities may consequently erase what is precious to the users. However, due to insensitive new development within the street has resulted in, the sense of place being disrupted thus, affecting the people’s feelings and perception of the streets. The objective of this paper is to identify the role of the commercial streets in terms of its functional characteristics in giving the sense of place to Mosul City Centre. The case study was conducted in one of the streets in Mosul City Centre, namely; Nineveh Street. A mixed method approach was used in this study, which involved 330 respondents to the survey questionnaire, 30 respondents for in-depth interviews, field observation, and photographic recordings. The result shows that functional features can be characterized into three main categories, i.e. roles, namely social space, cultural space, commercial space, and channel of movements. Each of these categories has an a considerable role, especially, commercial space in giving the sense of place to Mosul City Centre.
تاريخ النشر
03/10/2014
الناشر
International Science Postgraduate Conference 2014 (ISPC2014) / University Technology Malaysia
الكلمات المفتاحية
Sense of place; functional characteristics; commercial streets; Mosul City Centre; street roles.
مصعب سامي يونس العبيدي | Musaab Sami Younus | 10010