Research Methodology
It was found that the majority of previous studies lack taking a comprehensive approach that combines qualitative and quantitative methods in assessing neighborhood social well-being. The aim of the study is to investigate the factors that affect well being in the neighborhood context in Doha and attempt neighborhood -scape methodology that enable planners, architects and other decision makers to translate the perceptual qualities of neighborhoods, which are subjective in nature, to a reliable quantified value.The research approach focuses upon the analysis and evaluation of the urban physical characteristics and form performance. The Integrated Modification Methodology (IMM) has been applied for this purpose. The residents well-being is analyzed with the help of a survey in terms of life satisfaction and happiness. The research also maintains the objective to analyze the association between the QOL multi-layer inhabitant’s well-being and physical features characteristics. Through this analysis it would be possible to extract the perceptions of the urban citizens regarding urban qualities over the entire neighborhood scale. With the help of the well-being features, it would be possible to assess the performance of the neighborhood and behavior of the residents that can encourage neighborhood retrofit. Finally, survey would be conducted where a sample of participants would be present within each of the chosen neighborhoods. this survey will be analyzed statistical to prove that well-being is mostly achieved when all the urban design qualities are addressed.