Abstract Cities are the bedrock of growth and sustainable development. At the same time, they are centers of environmental degradation that affect many of the problems, including urban expansion towards green areas, which are natural areas within urban communities, in sites dominated by vegetation, where they are of great importance at the city and individual levels, because of their multiple functions. Therefore, the research sought to diagnose the most important problems that the city of Ramadi suffers from through sustainable environmental indicators. One of the most prominent findings of the research is that green areas are often the weakest in the field of competition among other activities, it is often devoured by residential, commercial, and industrial sprawl. As the population increases, the demand for recreational services, including green areas, increases. These services decline and their scope decreases, which creates great pressure on what is available from them, and their performance decreases.