Sustainability and its Applications in the Urban Plans for the City of Sana'a (Evaluation Study)

Abstract

Sustainability and applications a way to organize civilization and human activity and an appropriate framework to reach the highest levels of human life in the present and the future without the depletion of natural resources and harming the environment and the most important issues that should be introduced at the city planning and preparation of architectural drawings have started working to find a balance in the environment, the economy and social values one of the most important sustainable urban development tools, and in the city of Sana'a are preparing urban plans in place in a manner not consistent with the sustainability and is based on the principles and criteria of planning sustainable concepts, preparation is often traditional methods which are based spatial distribution of the uses of the various land and this in turn leads to dealing with the various Urbanism aspects It is disjointed and do not follow the ideal method for the preparation of a comprehensive and integrated urban schemes. The research focused on the study of the concept and the foundations of sustainability, strategies for sustainable urban development and the extent to which the preparation of urban plans for the city of Sana'a (importance of research), as the city suffers from multiple urban problems such as depletion of natural resources and the deterioration of economic conditions in addition to the rapid urbanization in the process and the consequent negative social impacts that have emerged due to the lack of urban plans approved and which did not exceed being schemes governing the spatial and functional distribution of some land uses according to the traditional and limited standards and not to introduce the concept of sustainability and its applications in the preparation of urban plans (and here lies the problem of search), the study seeks to the most important bases covered sustainability and strategies in the development of urban plans of the city and the extent of matching on urban plans for the city of Sana'a, and to reach that goal followed a methodology based on the analytical side and comparative analysis between sustainability indicators and strategies in urban plans and impacts on urban plans for the city of Sana'a and out a set of findings and recommendations.

Keywords: Sustainability, Sustainable urban planning, Sana’a city, Land uses.