...% 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...

... and economic factors. The assessments within this study will serve as a guide for future studies aiming to increase the quality of mass housing by taking the wants and needs of the mass housing users into consideration. K e y w o r d s : Resident Satisfaction, Residential Environment, Housing Preferences...

... level than used to be the case. Less of these households are owner-occupiers and they live in smaller dwellings compared to fifteen years ago. In this paper the life course paradigm is used to explain these consumption changes. We find no signs of altering housing preferences among today's youth...