Investigation of Housing Preferences in View of the Housing Market Dynamics in Doha Metropolitan

Ibrahim, Hatem; Salama, Ashraf; Wiedmann, Florian; Awwaad, Reem; Aboukalloub, Bassma

Abstract

© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019. Since the 2000s, Doha has gone through enormous economic growth and urbanization processes. The massive migration inflows have suggested particular housing preferences that are driven by the demographic and lifestyle diversities of the multicultural population. Housing preferences of the multicultural population are defined in terms of housing location, cost, and typology. The paper aims to study housing preferences in view of the housing market dynamics in order to recommend future actions for housing planning and expansion. It focuses on the period from 2000 to 2017 where rapid urban development took place in Doha metropolitan considering cultural, sporting, economic, real estate, and political incidents. The methodological approach includes: questionnaire survey of housing preferences, and survey of the perceptions of housing market experts. The paper defines the major shifts in the housing market based on: the sporting events, construction boom, and real-estate boom. It will discuss solutions to reduce the gap between housing supply and demand. Also, it will conclude actions for future housing expansion based on the recommendations by key market experts towards a sustainable local economic growth.

• Online Publication Date: Sep 18, 2018
• Publication Date: Sep 18, 2018
• Deposit Date: Jul 16, 2020
• Pages: 1-10
• Series Title: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
• Series Number: 19
• Book Title: The Advances in Civil Engineering Materials. ICACE 2018
• ISBN: 9789811325106
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2511-3_1
• Keywords: Housing preferences; Multicultural population; Housing market; Doha metropolitan
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4500636
• Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-981-13-2511-3_1
• Additional Information: Conference Acronym: ICACE; Conference Name: International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering Conference :; Conference City: Batu Ferringhi; Conference Country: Malaysia; Conference Year: 2018; Conference Start Date: 9 May 2018; Conference End Date: 10 May 2018; Conference Number: 2; Conference ID: icace2018; Conference URL: http://www.ic-ace.org/poster-icace-2018