Impacts of large-scale residential projects on urban sustainability in Dammam Metropolitan Area, Saudi Arabia

Al-Shihri, Faez Saad

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2016.06.001

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“…Firstly, the urban population has been growing at a rapid rate which has created a strong demand for housing, especially at the lower end of the market (PwC, 2014;Taleb & Sharples, 2011). The population in the Kingdom rose from around 7 million in 1974 to around 30 million currently (Al-Shihri, 2016). Saudi Arabia also has a relatively young demographic (over 60% are aged between 15 and 26), which increases housing demand because more young people are getting married and seeking to leave their parents' homes (Jeddah Economic Forum, 2013;PwC, 2014).…”

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Preferences for housing attributes in Saudi Arabia: A comparison between consumers' and property practitioners' views

Mulliner

Algrnas

2018

Cities

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Due to rapid urbanisation, population growth and limited supply of housing, the housing sector in Saudi Arabia is facing significant challenges. There have been attempts to provide largescale housing projects to combat this issue. However, there are concerns that short-term policies to provide large quantities of housing can result in low-quality units which are underside by consumers. Therefore, understanding consumer preferences with regard to housing is crucially important if housing projects are to be successful in the long term. This paper explores consumer preferences for housing attributes in Saudi Arabia and compares these against the views of property professionals. Data was gathered via quantitative surveys from 752 housing consumers and 101 property practitioners from across Saudi Arabia. Descriptive analysis and the Mann-Whitney U test are used to determine the mean importance of the housing attributes and to compare the findings from each group. The results of the study provide an analysis on the importance of various housing attributes and highlights similarities and disparities in opinions. The analysis found significant differences between consumers' and property practitioners' views on what consumers believe are important housing attributes. Given this lack of alignment, the findings should offer housing providers with a better understanding of consumer preferences in the Saudi Arabia context.

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Preferences for housing attributes in Saudi Arabia: A comparison between consumers' and property practitioners' views

Mulliner

Algrnas

2018

Cities

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“…The concept has found its way into many phrases across a variety of disciplines and contexts [1][2][3]. Some commonly used terms include "sustainable development" [4,5], "urban sustainability" [6][7][8][9], "sustainable society" [10,11], "economic sustainability" [12,13], "social sustainability" [14,15], "ecological sustainability" [16], and "sustainable growth" [17]. Each use has its own flavor, highlighting on one or another aspect of the concept.…”

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Sustainability Matters in National Development Visions—Evidence from Saudi Arabia’s Vision for 2030

Alshuwaikhat

Mohammed

2017

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Sustainability advocates for a universally shared common vision of progress towards a society that is just, safe and sustainable for humanity. Beyond environmental protection, the concept recognizes the urgent need to improve life quality through strategies that build socio-economic growth and address a wide range of cross cutting issues. While consensus abound that a more sustainable society serves everyone, opinions on what sustainability means and how it can be achieved are diverse. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), through the 2030 Vision and the 2020 National Transformation Program (NTP) outlines an agenda for a more balanced growth and socio-economic development. The extent to which the vision systematically aligns with sustainability principles, however, remains unexplored. This research is a maiden attempt to investigate how much sustainability substance is in the 2030 Vision and the NTP of Saudi Arabia. The Sustainable Society Index (SSI) has been employed to examine the 2030 Vision and the NTP to understand the Kingdom's commitment to building resilient, inclusive and sustainable societies. The vision and NTP texts were matched against five broad measures and 22 sub-measures of the SSI to identity the points of convergence. While both the 2030 Vision and the NTP align with the SSI measures in some respect, the goals and objectives are, at best, a reflection of the needs, aspirations and context of Saudi Arabia. The paper concludes that the success of the 2030 Vision rests on the active involvement and empowerment of relevant stakeholders at all levels as well as the development of comprehensive assessment mechanisms based on which to measure progress towards sustainability.

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“…Large-scale land development can be categorised into five forms: large-scale infrastructure [67,68], industrial estates [69][70][71], large-scale agricultural investment [72,73], large-scale residential [74][75][76], and new towns [12,77,78]. The development of new towns is considered to be the most dynamic type of development [8], usually involving a substantial amount of land [50,79,80].…”

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Transformation of Local People’s Property Rights Induced by New Town Development (Case Studies in Peri-Urban Areas in Indonesia)

Pratomo

Samsura

Krabben

2020

Land

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New town development as a form of large-scale development is not a new phenomenon, particularly in developing countries. This development mainly takes place in peri-urban areas due to the high pressure caused by the growing population and the lack of facilities and infrastructure in city centres. As an effect, local communities who originally occupied the land often lose their rights over the property their livelihood might have relied on. Property rights can be grouped differently, classified according to different bundles: appropriation, ownership, and formality of rights. This paper investigates to what extent new town development in Indonesia has affected the property rights of local communities, in terms of the transformation of rights and security level. Moreover, it examines to what extent this transformation has been affected by urbanisation pressure. Ample attention is paid to the transformation of various bundles of rights concerning different usage of property, both residential and cultivated land. A total of 252 questionnaires were distributed to three different locations of new towns in Indonesia. A before-after analysis was employed to identify the transformation of the property rights and their security level, followed by multiple linear regression analysis to observe the influence of the urbanisation pressure to the security level. The research reveals that the transformation of property rights of local residents mainly concerns the appropriation rights. The analysis also indicates that there is a tendency that the security level decreases. Statistically, this appears to be affected by urbanisation pressure variables: type of land, land use, and occupation. With this study, we offer on the one hand a conceptual framework for assessing property rights, while on the other hand, we provide empirical evidence regarding the effects of new town development on property rights transformation and its security level.

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Impacts of large-scale residential projects on urban sustainability in Dammam Metropolitan Area, Saudi Arabia

Cited by 19 publications

References 13 publications

Preferences for housing attributes in Saudi Arabia: A comparison between consumers' and property practitioners' views

Preferences for housing attributes in Saudi Arabia: A comparison between consumers' and property practitioners' views

Sustainability Matters in National Development Visions—Evidence from Saudi Arabia’s Vision for 2030

Transformation of Local People’s Property Rights Induced by New Town Development (Case Studies in Peri-Urban Areas in Indonesia)

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