PLANNING STUDY FOR THE REALITY OF SCHOOL GARDENS DESIGN IN DUHOK CITY (HIGH SCHOOLS AS A CASE STUDY)

  • YOUSIF ALI ABDULRAHMAN Dept. of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, University of Duhok,Kurdistan Region –Iraq
  • PRWEEN MOHAMED SHAREEF Dept. of Planning, College of Engineering and, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region –Iraq
Keywords: landscape design, school gardens, green spaces, high schools in duhok city

Abstract

This study was performed in the Duhok city which is the center of Duhok governorate in 2012. The study aimed to the analysis of the reality of gardens and open spaces schools and the distribution of the different spaces (classroom, construction, concrete squares, paths and allocated green spaces) of 10 selected high schools in duhok city and comparing with the local and international standard to meet the desires of our students in future in the gardens and green spaces field around their schools by use architectural plan Analysis, observations and personal interviews. The study come to several results and conclusions can summarized as the following the lack of achievement of schools gardens in high schools of duhok to fundamental objective, not owning the schools the ideal garden model. Only 27.66% of the space represented for gardens of total area of the site of ten elected samples and the effectively utilized space of this area about 52.88%, while the remaining space 47.12% was unexploited without any activity and vitality, where 90% of these schools open space failed to achieve global or international standard and 60% of them subjected to local standard. Also these gardens were lacked to the gardening arts, as well as there were randomized in number, types and distribution of plants in that gardens

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Published
2019-08-01
How to Cite
ALI ABDULRAHMAN, Y., & MOHAMED SHAREEF, P. (2019). PLANNING STUDY FOR THE REALITY OF SCHOOL GARDENS DESIGN IN DUHOK CITY (HIGH SCHOOLS AS A CASE STUDY). Journal of Duhok University, 22(1), 158-165. https://doi.org/10.26682/avuod.2019.22.1.16
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Agriculture and Veterinary Science