Perceiving urban liveability in an emerging migrant city

Salama, Ashraf M. and Wiedmann, Florian (2016) Perceiving urban liveability in an emerging migrant city. Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning, 169 (6). 268–278. ISSN 1755-0793 (https://doi.org/10.1680/jurdp.15.00034)

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Abstract

Gulf cities have witnessed rapid urban growth where new migrant communities from various cultural backgrounds have been evolving over the last two decades. This paper explores perceptions of liveable urban environments in Qatar's capital city, Doha. An attitude survey of 280 migrant professionals from different cultural backgrounds engaged in the high service sector was conducted. A profile for each cultural group including westerners, middle easterners, Indians and Southeast Asians was developed to analyse the way in which the key liveability factors are perceived. Factors were classified into two overarching categories: urban life and urban spaces. Urban life category included aspects that pertain to traffic and movement experience, residential satisfaction, shopping experience, and satisfaction regarding leisure and service spaces. Urban space category included attractiveness, iconicity and familiarity, which were attitudinally explored in four public open spaces. The inquiry has uncovered a number of concerns related to traffic experience, housing quality, parking spaces, school facilities and shopping opportunities. This may stymie the city's global attractiveness success on the global stage while warranting the need for addressing liveability as a part of future development plans.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:55419
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    11 November 2016
    Published
    29 January 2016
    Published Online
    4 January 2016
    Accepted
    Subjects:Fine Arts > Architecture
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Architecture
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:02 Feb 2016 13:35
    Last modified:08 Apr 2024 22:45
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/55419
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