Future Prospects of the Rural Settlement in Al-Hilla District

Abstract

Rural areas' studying is a function that the geographers adopt apart of it, whether they where with the geographers researchers team or with the horizons of the rural stability in any phenomena and studying the economical, social and educational levels of the residents in any residential place. The object of our research is to study the rural area in Hilla which is located in Baghdad. The studied area includes:
1- Hilla district center.
2- Abu Garaqh country.
3- Al-Kefel country.
The distance of these three divisions is (878 km2, its population 288133 according to the population estimation 2007.
The aim of studying the future horizons of the rural stability in Hilla is to know the state of affairs and define the suggested residential areas to develop these residential areas. The researcher considered the types of the rural residential areas in order to form a special place for each type according to the economical and social level to fulfill the region's needs.
Throughout the research, the following conclusions are reached:
1- A group of the rural residential places have distributed on the administrative units of the studied region, that varied in its number and size to reach (154) units subjects to developing.
2- Modern designs are made to develop the state of the studied place affairs and invest the available resources to achieve the economic, social and educational welfare for the citizens.