A STUDY ON DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSES WITH DOMICAL VAULT ROOFS IN HERAT CITY - AFGHANISTAN
A STUDY ON DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSES WITH DOMICAL VAULT ROOFS IN HERAT CITY - AFGHANISTAN
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阿富汗赫拉特市拱形屋顶房屋分布研究
DOI:
10.3130/aija.83.2221
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发表时间:
2018
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Khojesta Kawish
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作者:
Sayed Abdul Basir Samimi;T. Ando;Khojesta Kawish
Traditional houses in Western Afghanistan have domical vault roofs. Such houses are limited the Old City but are instead distributed throughout the municipal area of Herat. For this study, we used satellite images from 2017 to locate 11,754 houses with domical vault roofs within the municipal area of Herat and then calculated their density. Field surveys were conducted to investigate the sites with a higher density of such houses. The study identified seven high-density sites and classified them into three groups; 1) monumental, 2) pre-1960s old residential villages along canals and 3) post-1960s Traditional houses in Western Afghanistan have domical vault roofs. Such houses are not limited to the Old City but are instead distributed throughout the municipal area of Herat. For this study, we used satellite images from 2017 to locate 11,754 houses with domical vault roofs within the municipal area of Herat and then calculated their density. Field surveys were conducted to investigate the sites with a higher density of such houses. The study identified seven high-density sites and classified them into three groups; 1) monumental, 2) pre-1960s old residential villages along canals and 3) post-1960s residential settlements at the urban fringe. area of Herat and then calculated their density. Field surveys were conducted to investigate the sites with a higher density of such houses. The study identified seven high-density sites and classified them into three groups; 1) monumental, 2) pre-1960s old residential villages along canals and 3) post-1960s residential settlements at the urban fringe. Based on the findings of this study, the density of houses with domical vault roofs varies within the municipal boundary of Herat. The study identified 7 sites that have a higher density of traditional houses with domical vault roofs. They are classified into 3 groups; 1) monumental, where important historic monuments are located and are defined as core zones of Herat, 2) old villages, where old settlements of Herat outside the Old City took place, along the irrigation canals, which are important because they form the historic urban fabric, 3) new residential settlements with domical vault roof houses after the 1970s, which have emerged due to urbanization by low income families who migrated from other provinces. The of this study show that and and by field surveys in order to contribute to the conservation of