problems facing families in the new residential neighborhoods in the city of Riyadh

Abstract

The research aimed to identify the problems facing families in the new residential neighborhoods in the city of Riyadh, and the social survey method was adopted by the sample, which was a deliberate (intentional) sample and consisted of members of families living in the new neighborhoods in the north of Riyadh (Al-Narjis, Al-Arid, Hittin Model, Kairouan, Al-Malqa); The research reached results related to social problems, the most important of which is that most of the social relations between the residents are limited, and that the nature of the neighborhood residents often does not encourage building social relationships, as well as residential neighborhoods are not qualified with facilities and institutions that serve the social life of the neighborhood residents, and help break the isolation of urban life. As for the educational and cultural problems facing families, the most important of them were the high cost of private and international schools, the distance of government schools from families’ housing in the residential neighborhood, and the absence of residential neighborhoods from social development centers. The most prominent economic and service problems facing families in the new residential neighborhoods in the city of Riyadh are the high prices of services in residential neighborhoods because they are new, and they face the problems of lack of job opportunities within those residential neighborhoods. Among the most important public utilities and infrastructure problems facing families in the new residential neighborhoods in the city of Riyadh are poor asphalting of roads in residential neighborhoods, poor sidewalk services, as well as not lighting all roads in residential neighborhoods.

Keywords: problems facing families - new residential neighborhoods - Riyadh