Home Town Sustainability

Name : Ibrahim Khalid Abdalla p81486

ERBIL• is the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan .It is

located northwest of Baghdad and it is one of the oldest continuously inhabited areas in the world

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According to the latest statistics from the census offices in Erbil population at 2014 has reached 1,530,722 which present (4.8% of total population).

The population increase in Kurdistan is 3.5 percent annually.

Erbil has medium families size whith an average of six members compared whith other city.

my assessment of this sector is 9 of 10.

Population growth

Erbil city is facing environmental problems such as Air pollution, Noise pollution, Pollution due to

the huge increase of the numbers of vehicles and luck of green space and increase of public generators and factory which work in every edge of the city whereby the total daily emission of CO2 reached to 2813 tons .

My assessment of this sector is 6 of 10.

Air quality

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the kurdistan territory consists of mountains, steppe, wetlands,and hills and these produced considerable Biodiversity in the place like many types of fish and birds and deer and many other types also.

My assessment of this sector is 7 of 10.

Biodiversity

According to research prepared by the university of Salahaddin- Erbil at 2009 during spring the result was

Solid waste production in Erbil city reached 400 tones.day 12002 tones. Month and 0.420 kg capita.day

Food remains forming 76% of solid waste producing followed by plastics, glass and metals with 5%, 4% and 3% respectively.

85.87% of solid wastes were potentially recyclable and 13.79% was recyclable.

My assessment of this sector is 2 of 10 .

Waste and recycling

The environment of erbil city has of suffered from the informal disposal of solid waste, which pollutes land, water, and air and from the flow of untreated sewage

as well as excessive consumption of subsidized water, electricity, and fuels are causing rapid attrition of the natural environment in the Region

The impacts are both direct, such as the loss and degradation of forest

habitat, and indirect – through increasingly acute climate change. My assessment of this sector is 4 of 10.

Eco Footprint

Public transportation in erbil city is available in the form of taxis and some bus routes so there is Traffic jams and transportation need improvement and organize more.

My assessment of this sector is 5 of 10.

Transportation

The literacy rate in erbil is 73.3% . enrolment in primary education rose slightly

from 93.4% in 2006 to 94.7% enrolment in secondary education rose

considerably from 52.4% in 2006 to 69% . The male enrolment ratio is higher than the female enrolment rate: 70.2% compared to 67.7%. My assessment of this sector is 8 of 10.

Education

Unfortunately the Healthcare System in Kurdistan region has suffered tremendously in the last two decades due to a number of factors namely, war, and the unsettled situation.

the public hospitals are related to difficulties in securing means of transport, unavailability of medical equipment and doctors.

Public hospitals are the health facilities most used by people in case of illness of a household member (45.3%), followed by clinics and governmental health centres (19%) and primary clinics or private medical complexes (9.3%), while other facilities account for the rest .

My assessment of this sector is 7.5 of 10.

Health and healthcare

Current ratio of the greenery city of Erbil is 12%, while International standards provided ratios are 15% to 30%.

Any replacement of vegetation with building leads to less moisture and high surface runoff.

My assessment of this sector is 8 of 10.

Green space

The climate of the Kurdistan Region is semi-arid continental: very hot and dry in summer, and cold and wet in winter . Spring is the most beautiful season in Kurdistan .

Erbil city with a transitional climate between the Mediterranean climate and desert climate

My assessment of this sector is 8 of 10.

Climate change

The Kurdish diet includes a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. Lamb and chicken and fish are the primary meats.

My assessment of this sector is 7 of 10.

Food

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Oil and gas production, which represents a key sector.

Tourism sector. The proportion of imported products in the

sectors is 95%. My assessment of this sector is 5 of 10.

Economy

half of the population is inside the labour force.

The participation rate for women is (17.4%) .

The unemployment rate (7.3%) . employed in the services sector (79.2%).

14.9% of the labour force is employed in the industrial sector while agriculture employs 5.9% of the workforce.

My assessment of this sector is 8.5 of 10

Employment

Population growthAir quality

Biodiversity

Waste and recycling

Eco footprint

TransportEducationHealth and healthcare

Green space

Climate change

Food

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