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Conclusion
Fig.9 - The historical transformation of the marshland, 1954 Thesiger
The research work has discuses the main characteristics of the marshland area, and sum up the main
transformation that took place throughout the whole process of development. It’s highly important to
refer to this area and focus on it due to its historical and cultural importance, furthermore its uniqueness
and beauty that can be very well considered as a future tourist attraction of Iraq. The research shows that
at the present time there is no much attention to this area, thus it’s our responsibility to shed the light
upon this land, as far as environmental tourism is concerned, the research results shows a high potential
for this area to develop in revive in a brand new way. Consequently, the revival should be taken place
in many steps, starting from the people who live there (the marshmen), to the wetland that includes the
residential units, guest unit, and all the trails of the surroundings, as well as the water quality of the
marshes itself, this area is so appealing for the architects and landscape designers. The development will
be in short focus on the development of the dwellings and make it more convenient for the people as well
as the tourist to live in, improve the service in this area, building more clusters, building floating clusters
that have underwater residential areas, focused on the landscape, make use of the marshes buffalo, birds
for leisure, and to give the place a pleasant atmosphere, without losing the cultural and historical spirit
of the land.
Acknowledgements
My deepest thanks and appreciation goes to my supervisor “Prof.Shen Jie”, for his supports and guidance
in my research work,and for providing me all the nessessary information that falls into the best interest of
my studying, also I’d like to thank my university “Zhejiang University” and my School ‘school of civil
engineering and Architecture” for their ultimate help and support.
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