Saudi Cultural Missions Theses & Dissertations
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Item Restricted Investigating the Role of Socio-Economic Factors in Shaping Robbery Crime Patterns: A Study of Liverpool City Region(University of Liverpool, 2024) Alluqmani, Mousa; Grren, MarkThis research focuses on the spatial and temporal trend analysis of robbery crimes in the Liverpool City Region from 2021 to 2024, with a particular emphasis on the impact of socio-economic variables. Using GIS in spatiotemporal analysis and a linear mixed-effects model, this study assesses the spread of robbery crimes throughout the six local areas comprising Liverpool, Knowsley, St. Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and Halton. The theoretical framework of the research is provided by the Social Disorganization Theory, where socioeconomic deprivation will be used to examine the effect on criminal patterns. The results show that there is a positive relationship between socio-economic deprivation and robbery incidence, which reinforces the assertion that areas with heightened levels of deprivation will experience heightened criminal activity. Yet, only a limited explanatory power of the model with solely socio-economic factors involved suggests that other factors, such as environment and policing, also play a significant role in the trends within crime. Spatial analysis pinpoints the key hotspots of robbery within Liverpool city centre in which crime has continually remained high despite distinct crime reduction initiatives. This study enhances the overall comprehension of urban criminality by presenting comprehensive maps that illustrate the geographic distribution of robbery offenses and proposing policy recommendations designed to enhance focused interventions. Furthermore, the research emphasizes the necessity of incorporating socio-economic and environmental factors into crime prevention approaches, while also underscoring the drawbacks of exclusively depending on police-reported data for crime evaluation. In this regard, future research should include more specific temporal data and other sources of crime data in order to further the knowledge of robbery trends across urban areas.11 0Item Restricted Navigating Renewable Energy Markets in Saudi Arabia: Residential Rooftop Solar Panels and Potential Consumer Preferences(ProQuest, 2024-05-03) Alwulayi, Sami; Debbage, KeithThis three-article dissertation investigated the main factors shaping consumer preferences for residential rooftop solar panels in Saudi Arabia. Particular attention is focused on how individual socio-economic characteristics, the built environment, social networks, and fiscal incentives influence the willingness to adopt and pay for solar panels. Much of this sort of research has been neglected in a non-Western setting. Drawing from data collected through an online survey of 1,647 respondents in Saudi Arabia, the three papers employed chi-square tests of association to unravel these interactions for three different, nonwestern geographic settings in Saudi Arabia: a large urban area (Riyadh City), a medium-sized urban area (Buraydah City), and the rural areas of Al-Qassim Province. The first study revealed that the willingness to adopt was influenced by personal environmental values, financial incentives, previous cost-benefit perceptions, and the built environment. The second study found that the willingness to pay was strongly associated with prior perceptions and expectations linked to household energy budgets and solar panel costs, fiscal incentives, and existing environmental beliefs. In the third study, the focus shifted to the actual price individuals were willing to pay for solar installations, where socio-economic factors such as gender and income levels emerged as significant determinants. Geographic variation was evident in the associated factors with the willingness to adopt, pay, and price preference for rooftop solar panels. The study's results underscore the necessity for customized policy approaches to promote renewable energy use in Saudi Arabia, contributing to a more nuanced understanding of the local solar energy market and offering insights for policymakers to foster inclusive and sustainable energy transitions.17 0