Civil Confrontation of the Phenomenon of Building on Agricultural Land for Residential Purposes

The growing population is making city centers housing inadequate for residents, leading to urban spread that takes away green areas. This situation creates problems, mainly an imbalance in the urban environment and a risk to agricultural land, which is essential for food security. In Iraq, lawmakers have established ways to protect agricultural land from development. Still, poor enforcement of these laws has worsened these issues, resulting in the loss of green spaces with each new residential expansion. From this view, our study's issue has come up, focusing on whether the rules made by the Iraqi legislator are good enough to protect agricultural lands from being split up. What is the best way to ensure this protection? Can we count on the existing traditional rules to deal with building houses on agricultural land without harming anyone, or do we need to create new rules? Our research will explore this by examining what types of lands need protection in one part and how to achieve this protection in other aspects.