SELECTION OF URBAN SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS FOR AL-HILLA CITY

Abstract

Sustainability indicators reflect the major trends in environment, social and economic systems and human well-being, and quality of life, concisely, measure what people are interest with. The attractiveness indicators comes from being Takes the main aspects of local conditions, and evaluate the compatibility of ongoing and the goals of community development processes, and make this information available to decision-makers and experts , Indicators can play important roles in enabling and promoting and monitoring sustainability at all spatial levels, but the most important level in the processes of translating sustainability thinking to practical terms is the urban level, being the most dynamic of the rest Many studies have addressed the issue of urban sustainability indicators in various countries of the world, and set many of these indicators in an attempt to find a balance between economic and social development, and environmental factors in proportion to these countries, but the Iraqi cities lacking such studies, which led to a knowledge gap in the selection, organization and evaluation of urban sustainability indicators in the city level in most Iraqi cities.