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- Title
APPRAISAL OF NATIONALS AND EXPATRIATES HOUSING CHOICES IN METROPOLITAN DOHA.
- Authors
Ibrahim, Hatem; Aboukalloub, Bassma; Awwaad, Reem
- Abstract
The case of metropolitan Doha presents a unique study that has witnessed several transition phases in the urbanization process. It has embarked in massive urbanization processes as part of the national planning vision. Nationals constitute 11% and expatriates constitute 89% of the total population of Qatar, which is environed by the government to manage the economic dynamism. Housing choice reflects the joint influences of government policies, housing market conditions, and personal factors such as housing preferences and the income level. The paper aims at studying housing choices for nationals and expatiates in metropolitan Doha through assessing the factors that limit housing choice for nationals and expatriates, providing policy recommendations to address the demand-supply gap in the market, and propose housing distribution in view of the developed housing choice framework. Three tools have been used: content analysis of reference data, questionnaire survey of housing preferences, and qualitative interview of experts’ perceptions. This study has provided qualitative data on the issues of housing distribution and expansion in relation to housing choices. It has concluded baseline information for the nationals and expatriates housing distribution and the demographic dilemma.
- Subjects
DOHA (Qatar); QATAR; CENTRAL economic planning; NONCITIZENS; HOUSING market; GOVERNMENT policy; URBAN planning; PHASE transitions
- Publication
Open House International (Open House International Association), 2019, Vol 44, Issue 4, p64
- ISSN
0168-2601
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1108/ohi-04-2019-b0009