An-Najah Staff

The process of naming streets and numbering buildings is undertaken on the planning situation of the city, taking into consideration its physical expansion which affects its basic design. Every residential or physical unit is named forming a comprehensive and consistent system with other units without being affected by any future development. The selected system should be flexible, advanced and accompanying the city development as well as its planning, political, economic and demographic features. It becomes necessary to develop an addressing system that conveys the development process of societies. This study has been undertaken to set up and develop a system of naming streets and numbering buildings in the Palestinian settlements through identifying the role and significance of naming and numbering in the development and organization of these settlements. The proposed system is based on methods and principles of naming and numbering that have already been used in several cities in the world. The study is based on the available theoretical data and information in addition to the certain global and regional experiences in the field of naming and numbering. These experiences helped to set up and develop a system of naming streets and numbering buildings in the Palestinian settlements by taking the City of Ramallah as a case study. The study has concluded that the naming of streets and numbering of buildings is one of the most significant elements of the modern city. And it becomes a vital and important requirement in our life, which has been applied by the famous cities in the world. Finally, the study emphasized the necessity of applying the proposed system of naming streets and numbering buildings in the Palestinian settlements, and being approved by the related governmental and legislative institutions.