A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE HISTORIC LANDSCAPE OF OLD CITY KABUL

M. Umar Azizi

Abstract: The historic landscape of adobe houses in the old city of Kabul transformed from traditional to the newly industrialized after several decades of the wars. The maximum number of stories of the old houses in the past were two with a parapet wall, which currently has changed to the four-stories. As per the outcomes of the study, the majority of 72% of the residents reasoned their preference of industrialized material over natural to be an increasing number of family members along with the various advanced house functions. Moreover, in order to mitigate the on-going modernization pressure in the old city, some recommendations proposed.

Keywords: Old City of Kabul, Historic Landscape of Kabul, Conservation of Old City Kabul, Asheqan Wa Arefan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2016.0511012