Accounting for peoples' preferences in establishing new cities: A spatial model of population migration in Kuwait.

ABSTRACT: Modelling of internal migration to new cities is challenging, yet necessary to ensure that these newly established urban areas will be populated and function as intended. In the State of Kuwait, there is a unique set of push and pull factors: government subsidised housing for citizens, the existence of a single urban area, and the initiation of a new and ambitious master plan for the construction of 12 new cities, which are expected to attract not only locals, but also international residents and businesses. On top of these factors, there is an unusual demographic situation, as non-citizens outnumber Kuwaiti citizens by a factor of 2.3, with these groups having widely different preferences in terms of housing. Currently, there is no plan to take these resident groups' opinions into conside

SUBMITTER: Alghais N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6292647 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature