International Science and Technology Journal

Cities are shaped by implement street network, integrating, and planning land use. Cities are growing and change in an uncontrollable way due to growing population as well as political, social, economic and environmental changes. The paper study the phenomenal that, population daily needs impacting on land use function where particular areas could be replaced to be as mixed land use around specific technical and functional characteristics streets network. The study approves the relationship between streets network and mixed land use as well as the value of retail and commercial locations designed for local communities. New planning theories represent mixed land use as an important object to develop an areas maximizing residential, commercial and retail development. The study reviews the history of Libyan Planning Generations development and challenges. The paper discuss Libyan planning and focuses on Al-Khoms city as a cases study, implementing maps to investigate the physical shape of cities by analysis maps and using Space syntax as a tool for data collection. Street network is classified to many category where approved that, collector streets are more desirable than other streets for implementing retail and commercial areas. The research shows, a high network connectivity spaces are more attractive to implement mixed land use particularly retail and commercial uses. Key words: street network, land use, connectivity, urban theories retail and commercial, Libyan urban planning history, Space Syntax.