Nida Naeem

National University of Sciences and Technology | NUST · Department of Urban & Regional Planning

Given the multitude of factors to consider, selecting a home to buy or rent is a significant decision, and consumer behaviour plays a crucial role in this process. This study aims to shed light on consumer needs, choices, and preferences that influence the decision making of homebuyers in Islamabad, Pakistan. To achieve this objective, a questionna...

Real estate plays a crucial role in driving national economies. However, the process of transferring properties and engaging with various stakeholders can be hindered by a lack of adequate information, complex procedures, and excessive paperwork. The advent of digital real estate has revolutionized the industry and how stakeholders interact. The pr...

The existing literature of emerging markets fails to provide evidence to clarify if people choose their residential location based on commuting to work or other socioeconomic or household factors. The present paper seeks to provide such evidence in South Asia using the case study of a small city in Pakistan. This exploratory study was facilitated b...

Disaster and climate change have impacted tourism around the world. Tourist areas are often hit by extreme events, and respective damages severely affect regions and their economies. Disasters, directly or indirectly, affect the number of tourists visited, the hotel industry, revenue generation, employment, and an overall economy of a region. The p...

Residential self-selection in developing countries and its relation to urban transportation are understudied and not fully understood. This knowledge gap is even greater in the case of small cities in the developing world. This study takes Hafizabad, Pakistan as a case study with the objective of providing data for future quantitative analyses abou...

Izbira stanovanjske lokacije v državah v razvoju in njena povezava z mestnim prevozom sta slabo raziskani in ne povsem dobro razumljeni, vrzel v poznavanju razmer pa je še večja v primeru malih mest v teh državah. Avtorji v članku proučujejo pakistansko mesto Hafizabad, pri čemer je njihov cilj zagotoviti podatke za prihodnje kvantitativne analize,...