The Center of Urban and Regional Planning for Postgraduate Studies at the University of Baghdad discussed a master’s thesis entitled (Role of Religious Buildings in Reviving Historical Cities Destroyed by Wars) by student Zaid Hilal Bashir and supervised by Assistant Professor Dr. Nadia Abdel Majeed Al Salam.
The research studied the problem of lack of knowledge about the role of religious buildings in reviving cities destroyed by wars, as it depends on the importance of the religious buildings reconstructed there.
The study also relied on description and analysis in building a cognitive framework by studying the types of religious buildings of multiple religions and extracting the most important indicators specific to their importance and comparing them with Arab and international experiences to determine their priorities for those cities that have suffered from wars and conflicts.
The thesis concluded that what distinguishes religious buildings from other buildings is their organization, which gives people spiritual strength. This is what distinguishes the methods of their construction and formation despite the different religions and beliefs, and that these buildings are an essential part of cities in general and historical cities in particular.
The researcher recommended the need to benefit from global experiences and examples that regained their status after wars and conflicts to raise awareness and understand the appropriate mechanisms for dealing with these buildings, and the possibility of using the Expert Choice program in evaluating other projects, choosing alternatives, and setting priorities based on documents and studies.
