Low Income Housing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Dissertation

Low Income Housing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Dissertation manakinObjectives 1- To study the theory of post-occupancy evaluation, its emergence, and its importance. 2- Understanding the importance of POE for creating better houses for low income raft. 3- To critically evaluate literature about international housing policies and compare them to housing policies in Saudi Arabia. 4- To assess a case study by using the post-occupancy evaluation of the a- Functional aspect b- favorable views c- Technical factors 5- Evaluate building instruction execution taking account the feed back from the residents. Research Questions To which extend are the users satisfied with current housing design? What is post-occupancy evaluation? Why is it important? How to generate it? How did it emerge? What are the international housing policies, and Saudi housing policies? What are the differences? How to assess a case study by using POE for Functional aspect, Social views and Technical factors? H ow to evaluate building performance taking account residents feedback from? Research methodology Review literature Define both the bailiwick and the nature of POE that enhances the taste of the concept, the scope and the process of POE. Setting Aims and objectives. Develop questions. Select research respondents. Implementing the survey. Analyzing the data collected. Structure of the research Chapter 2 Introduction Aims Research question Objectives methodological analysis Chapter 2 what does POE mean? What is POE ? History and background of POE Uses of POE Process of POE Benefits of POE Chapter 3 International housing policies Housing policies in Saudi Arabia Housing policies in Saudi Arabia for low-income Chapter 4 General information of Saudi Arabia. General information of case study.... Low income housing is a main requirement of many developed and developing countries, conducting infallible studies about it and implementing policies in order to provide economical solutions to provide appropriate housing to millions of poor around the worldDifferent organizations world wide meet played an active role in the development of housing models for low income housing some of them which have succeeded in providing appropriate housing to low income people. In recent years the government of Saudi Arabia has started providing houses to needing families so a number of housing projects were built in different parts of the country. And Algazala is one of these projects provided for low income people and in this research Algazala project will be the case study which will be evaluated using POE (Post-occupancy evaluation), by implementing a questionnaire on the residents of Algazala project to get word the advantages and disadvantages of these houses. Algazala which is located in the region of Hael is one of the of many low income housing projects that the government of Saudi Arabia has built for needing people it was built in 2007 and it contains 254 housing units and deuce schools, two mosqes, a health centre and a community centre .History and Background of Post Occupancy EvaluationFrom the past few years, the area that gained more attention of business industry experts and researchers is about identifying the ways in which the building attributes affect its users.