http://www.iaeme.com/IJA/index.asp 18 editor@iaeme.com International Journal of Architecture (IJA) Volume 3, Issue 2, July-December 2017, pp. 18–33, Article ID: IJA_03_02_003 Available online at http://www.iaeme.com/IJA/issues.asp?JType=IJA&VType=3&IType=2 © IAEME Publication THE ROLE OF PLANNING URBAN AXES IN THE SUSTAINABILITY OF IRAQI CITIES MOSUL-CASE STUDY Nada Abdulmueen Hasan Lecturer, University of Technology Baghdad, Iraq Dr. Wada Shuker Al-Hinkawi Assistant Professor, University of Technology, Iraq Ahmed Alatta Researcher, University of Technology, Iraq ABSTRACT Urban axes have a prominent role in the sustainability and growth of urban cities. As urban sustainability concepts and their concepts develop, the role of urban planning features in urban cities highlights in promoting the sustainability items completely therefore, the research is based on a basic hypothesis : "the planning and design characteristics of urban axes take part in the indicators of the development and the sustainability of cities". The study aimed to study the concept of the axis in an integrated manner and in several aspects and then review the evolution of the concept historically and studying the most important schemes of urban sustainability, In order to test the hypothesis of the research. the research based on the descriptive-structural approach by adopting the morphological-structural analysis theories in the program (Depth Map 10), and measuring the theoretical framework indicators which are derived from the basic design adopted by the old city of Mosul in Iraq. The research concluded that the design had indicated some items of urban development at the level of urban axes and the need to develop the items multiple linked to the concept of urban axis. Key words: urban axes planning, urban development, cities sustainability, Mosul city center, Depth Map 10. Cite this Article: Nada Abdulmueen Hasan, Dr. Wada Shuker Al-Hinkawi, Ahmed Alatta, The Role of Planning Urban Axes in the Sustainability of Iraqi Cities Mosul- Case Study. International Journal of Architecture (IJA), 3(2), 2017, pp. 18–33. http://www.iaeme.com/IJA/issues.asp?JType=IJA&VType=3&IType=2 1. INTRODUCTION In the philosophical theses, many of the relationships and concepts that need to be understood and studied are appearing from time to time. Because of the rapid development of concepts of urban design, the sustainability of urban axes has emerged as one of the fundamental affecting trends during the city's growth stages.