Determining Factors Influencing Residents’ Satisfaction Regarding Urban Livability in Pakistan

Abstract

Livability is an important and crucial aspect of urbanity which depicts quality of life. The emerging cities have a variety of urban challenges, including poor quality of life that has focused urban planners towards livability measures. Pakistani cities are facing similar challenges, like provision of adequate infrastructural facilities and amenities, due to which cities are losing their livability standards. Hyderabad, the second biggest city of Sindh Province, is an emerging metropolitan facing the same dilemma. The objective of this paper is to measure the livability as perceived by the residents. Six urban settlements were selected through stratified sampling to represent three income groups present in the study area, i.e. upper, middle and lower. Through systematic sampling, a sample size of 290 was procured for the household-based questionnaire survey, and descriptive statistics and multiple regression techniques were used. Results showed a significant relationship between perceived livability and livability attributes. The environmental attribute was found most significant in affecting livability perception of residents. The study also highlights eight livability variables which need to be considered for improving the quality of life in future urban development projects, not just in Pakistan, but also other developing countries.

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“…The second largest city of Sindh province, Hyderabad, Pakistan (Baig, Rana and Talpur, 2019) was considered as study area for this study. This emerging metropolitan city consists of 1,732,693 citizens, which includes it among the top 10 most populated cities of Pakistan (Government of Pakistan).…”

Faktor Kepuasan Bermukim yang Mempengaruhi Liveability di Kecamatan Medan Belawan, Kota Medan

“…Sama pentingnya dengan kemudahan aksesibilitas, ketersediaan infrastruktur merupakan elemen fisik yang penting dalam menentukan preferensi memilih suatu tempat (Ardeshiri, Willis, dan Ardeshiri 2018) dan kepuasan terhadap liveability (Baig, Rana, dan Talpur 2019). Dari hasil analisis data, kecenderungan ketidakpuasan pemukim yang dipengaruhi oleh infrastruktur memiliki nilai yang cukup besar.…”

“…SDM yang berkualitas akan menentukan liveability. Pada penelitian sebelumnya (Baig et al 2019;Li 2012), terdapat kecenderungan penilaian liveability dari atribut lingkungan fisik tanpa mempertimbangkan atribut sosial, seperti halnya kualitas penduduk. Temuan ini dapat menjadi pandangan baru dalam menilai liveablity.…”

“…Dari faktor-faktor kepuasan bermukim terhadap liveability yang ditemukan (Tabel 3), terdapat beberapa persamaan dan perbedaan dengan penelitian-penelitian terdahulu (Li 2012;Baig, et al, 2019;IAP 2017;Zhan et al 2018). Penelitian terdahulu secara umum menilai kepuasan bermukim terhadap liveability dengan atribut lingkungan fisik dan nonfisik.…”

“…Zhan et al (2018) menggunakan kedua atribut tersebut sebagai indikator dalam mengukur faktor lingkungan sosialbudaya. Akan tetapi, Baig et al (2019) dan IAP (2017) tidak mengungkapkan hubungan sosial dan keterikatan tempat sebagai faktor yang mempengaruhi kepuasan dan liveability (Tabel 4). sosial dan keterikatan tempat; ekonomi; dan rumah.…”