Spatial Dimensions of Urban Households in the City of Ramadi, Iraq for the Year 2022

Urban households represent a contemporary trend characterized by the enforced integration of rural settlements into the urban landscape. Ramadi city exemplifies this trend, with the research focusing on analyzing the spatial dimensions of urban households in Ramadi, the central hub of Anbar Governorate located in western Iraq. It holds a prominent position within the hierarchy of Iraq's major governorates. The research's significance lies in the scarcity of studies addressing urban household issues, illuminating their expansion stages resulting from the city's rapid population growth. This expansion has led to unplanned urban sprawl, encircling urban household areas. The basis for conducting this research likely stems from the escalation of tangible challenges interwoven within the urban landscape and the acute deficiency experienced by villages and captive areas in terms of essential services. A key discovery from the research is the ability to pinpoint urban household areas, with approximately 1665 hectares of captured agricultural land, accounting for about 6.32% of the city's primary plan. This encompasses two districts, namely District 16, Al-Zawiya, and District 26, Al-Sahalat. This expansion was not driven by actual land requirements but rather by arbitrary growth inconsistent with the actual population density and the future needs of the city's residents.