Monitoring and analyzing the spatial and population pivot in the city of Al-Gharraf for the years 1997 and 2024 u

Abstract

The research   aims to analyze the spatial and population concentration of the city of Al-Gharraf for the years (1997) and 2024, in order to reveal the population centers and their different patterns, and to clarify the relationship between the number of residents and the area in which they are located, in order to create an advanced urban environment The research relied on several approaches, including (the descriptive, inductive, historical approach and the use of quantitative analysis, in addition to employing the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology in the cartographic representation of the spatial distribution patterns of the phenomenon. The research reached a number of results, including the lack of compatibility of planning standards with indicators of residential areas in the city of Al-Gharraf, in light of the spatial, population, density and housing character, especially since the residential areas in the city of Al-Gharraf were subjected to successive administrative changes and urban transformations over the census years from (1997) to estimates for the year (2024) compared to its population, area, administrative units and rates of change. The city was liberated from its traditional spatial framework and transformed from centralization to decentralization after the improvement of social and economic conditions and the distribution of service centers within the city’s inhabited area, which resulted in the emergence of this movement in the spatial focal points and the population center of gravity. Therefore, the research decided to find a division of the city of Al-Gharraf that is compatible with the set of determinants, population size and actual area by adopting the neighborhood Residential as a unit of measurement for the proposed administrative divisions in the city.