Authors:
مازن توفيق محمد سعيد جرار
Abstract:
This study handles land transportation of vehicles in Nablus Governorate which has been regarded as part of the West Bank of the Jordan River according to the classification of the Palestinian National Authority since 1993. It also deals with land transportation as part of geography within the whole framework of Economic Geography.
The study aims to pinpoint the general features of the roads system in Nablus Governorate with respect to their expansion, direction and classification. Moreover, it highlights the role of the natural and human factors concerning the roads net system, the traffic and the social, economical and environmental impact resulting from.
This research consists of five chapters. the first chapter talks not only about the preface of the study and its spatial limits but also the question and the essence of the proposed study, its aims, importance, methodology, procedures _and reviews as well.
The second chapter, however, discusses the Governorate’s roads net general features. It begins with a historical background of roads construction, development, geographical distribution, extension, length and .degree. In order to Research the features of this net, the study uses some quantitative and analytical methods like dtouriudex and correlation degree in the net furnished by the shapes and the charts the Study uses.
The third .chapter focuses .on the study of .the natural impact like the geographical Location geological structure, and the aspect of surface and climate on the roads Net and traffic. .Additionally, it stresses the effect of the human factors with regard to the political situation the study area has experienced, the sequence of the area as well as the effect of the spatial distribution .on the roads system and traffic.
The fourth chapter includes three aspects. The first one deals with the means of transportation, its types and resources, the mechanical energy used, preparation of vehicles. Future expectations and making some international .comparisons on the adequacy of transportation means as for the inhabitants of the Governorate of Nablus. It also includes the types and features of the transmitted materials and the suitability of transportation means to the .area of study according to scientific criterion.
Another aspect of this .chapter discusses the traffic movement in the center of Nablus Governorate, its human centers and other parts of the West Bank. this aspect also includes a study of the stations, stops, pedestrians _movement and the abundance of transportation means . The traffic sites of paucity .and plethora are located and made clear through ,the shapes provided, however, the third aspect of chapter four stresses the natural, human and economical problems related to transportation.
Concerning the fifth chapter of this study, the transportation economical impacts on various sectors; agriculture, industry and commerce are discussed and so are the transportation changes within the governorate. It handles also the social impacts and how it achieves the social and cultural understanding between the population factions. Additionally, the effect of public transportation in particular on the behavioral styles of the inhabitants are handled as well as the environmental impacts of different transportation 1neans; gas, liquid and noise pollution.
This study uses the historical, descriptive, cadastral and analytical methodology to suit the subject of study, it also uses the field work and library facilities like references, encyclopedias, maps and previous studies that have to .do with the subject proposed taking into account the usage of some mechanical methods like length measuring device i.e. the,meter, clinometers used to 1neasure the road slopes and the device f9J measuring lengths on maps and poles.