SPATIAL CONTRAST OF SOLID WASTE IN THE CITY OF NASIRIYAH

Abstract

Waste has become a prominent phenomenon in most of the cities of the world, especially the cities of the third world, as it is accumulated and gathered inside the cities and near its inhabitants and is not treated or disposed of in any way, knowing that its quantity increases year after year, and this increase in the amount of waste is related to a set of factors, the most important of which is the population The city, the economic level, the cultural level, as well as the level of customs and traditions, the size and diversity of the industry, and waste in the city of Nasiriyah did not take one form, but it varied according to the source, and in this research the spread of solid waste was studied in the city of Nasiriyah, whose sources vary between (home, industrial and agricultural, Commercial, and medical) as well as the components of each of these sources and the process of distributing and spreading them inside the city of Nasiriyah at different levels that follow the type of activity inside the city. Improving it and preventing the spread of diseases and epidemics that accompany the spread of waste, eliminating unpleasant odors that accompany organic waste decomposition and eliminating the problem of bulk dogs wandering inside the .residential neighborhoods in the city of Nasiriyah