scholarly journals Dasymetric Mapping as a Tool to Assess the Spatial Distribution of Population in Jeddah City (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

2016 ◽  
Vol 04 (03) ◽  
pp. 329-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. H. Hamza ◽  
A. S. Al- Thubaiti ◽  
M. Dhieb ◽  
A. Bel Haj Ali ◽  
M. S. Garbouj ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Dasymetric Mapping ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Jeddah City

scholarly journals The Spatial Distribution of Public Dispensaries in the City of Jeddah (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

OALib ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 07 (04) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Mongi Belarem ◽  
Mohamed Hafedh Hamza ◽  
Mohamed Ajmi
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
The City

scholarly journals Spatial Distribution and Temporal Variation in Ambient Ozone and Its Associated NOx in the Atmosphere of Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1712-1722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim A. Hassan ◽  
Jalal M. Basahi ◽  
Iqbal M. Ismail ◽  
Tutki M. Habeebullah
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Temporal Variation ◽  
Jeddah City ◽  
Ambient Ozone

scholarly journals Primiparous Adaptation with Postpartum Health Issues in Jeddah City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A Quantitative Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 775-786
Author(s):  
Ahlam Al-Zahrani ◽  
Wedad Almutairi ◽  
Howaida Elsaba ◽  
Sanaa Alzahrani ◽  
Shouq Alzahrani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Postpartum Period ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
New Mothers ◽  
Postpartum Health ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Jeddah City ◽  
Physical Wellbeing ◽  
First Time Mothers ◽  
First Time

Background: The postpartum or puerperium period is the first 6 weeks after giving birth to an infant. The postpartum period can have negative implications, especially in first-time mothers. With their transition into motherhood, new mothers adopt new lifestyles, which can affect their physical wellbeing. Childbirth has physical, psychological, and emotional effects on women as they try to adapt to their new roles in order to get through this period with no or minimal health issues. Study Aim: The current study aims to explore primiparous adaptations with postpartum health issues in Jeddah City at Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methods: The research design is quantitative cross-sectional. A structured questionnaire was developed to collect data in relation to depression and weight gain, which consider the most common postpartum health issues. The inclusion criteria of the participants are: primipara, 2 to 6 months postpartum, and living in Jeddah. Results: 140 participants were included in the study. Mothers gained approximately 9.2 kg within the fifth to ninth month after giving birth. Discussion: Postpartum weight retention is a primary challenge in the majority of primiparous mothers and results in reduced quality of life. Nurses were always available to answer questions related to the postpartum health issues and explained the expectations to the family members. Conclusions: Childbirth and the postpartum period for first-time mothers are crucial in their lives as they try to adapt to a new way of life. The postpartum period can have negative implications, especially in first-time mothers. With their transition into motherhood, new mothers adopt new lifestyles, which can affect their physical wellbeing. More research is needed to explore the impact of postpartum health issues in Saudi Arabia.

scholarly journals Conspicuous Consumption of Luxury Goods in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Applied Study on Jeddah City: الاستهلاك المظهري لسلع الرفاهية في المملكة العربية السعودية: دراسة تطبيقية على مدينة جدة

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abla Abdul-Hameed Bokhari, Safa Hamed Aljuhani
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Conspicuous Consumption ◽  
Personal Income ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Luxury Goods ◽  
Jeddah City ◽  
Marginal Propensity To Consume ◽  
Marginal Propensity ◽  
To Come ◽  
Econometric Approach

This study aims to analyze the conspicuous consumption of luxury goods in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. To achieve this, the descriptive analytical and econometric approach was employed to describe the phenomenon, and review the theoretical and applied literature, to come out with the most important motivations of this type of consumption. In addition, a questionnaire was distributed to 712 individuals in Jeddah city. Through analyzing and estimating the consumption function to measure the effect of disposable personal income, alongside: gender, marital status, age, educational level, and employment status, on the consumption of luxury goods. The results indicated that the disposable personal income is a major determinant of luxury goods consumption. The marginal propensity to consume was estimated at 0.045, while the elasticity of income demand is 0.431, indicating that luxury goods are considered as necessary for Saudi consumer. The study concluded that economic rationalization requires more social awareness to distinguish between what is necessary and luxury, and between productive consumption and conspicuous unrationed consumption. Consequently, the study recommended the necessity of raising the level of awareness of the need to rationalize consumption and the importance of saving and investment. This in addition to the importance of developing an approved classification for the consumption’s items. It is also important to provide detailed statistical data, to support and stimulate in-depth research in the areas of household consumption expenditure and its ordinary and conspicuous patterns, so as to guide reform policies that effectively contribute to achieving the country’s aspirations and long-term strategies.

scholarly journals Environmental Scanning and Communication Technology as a Gate for Sustainable Competitive advantage of Sanitary Ware (bathtub) Suppliers in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 4335-4353
Author(s):  
Baha`a Abdul-Hafez Attallah Al Nady ◽  
Ahed Saket Al Haraizah ◽  
Sulieman Ibraheem Shelash Al Hawary
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Sanitary Ware ◽  
Environmental Scanning ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Jeddah City

Today globalization turned the world into a global village where event in one region transmits to others almost immediately. Communication technology has played big role and transformed many aspects of business; Internet is one of most important technology which has created e-commerce and a global digital economy with new opportunities. Social media such as websites Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Pinterest have already demonstrated their potential for getting information also mobile technology have a lot of potential for gathering information. In spite of environmental turbulence, organizations must effectively depend on scanning environment and useful communication technology for operations and survival. It is crucial for every company to analyze strengths and weaknesses of the internal and external environment to enable the business sustain and growth. Both internal and external environmental scanning is important to be conducted but basically internal scanning will be done first as it will be the ground analysis to determine further direction of an organization. Increasing risk of error, failure to analyze environment included strength and weaknesses internally, opportunities and threats externally, and inefficient of communication technology may resulting to unsustainable the business in long term. Additionally a growing number of companies in Jeddah city led to the business competition between companies that increasingly tight and competitive. This paper sought the place of environmental scanning and role of communication technology as a way for providing information helpfully and as a means of business survival and sustainable competitive advantage. In this study we will focus on Suppliers who deal with sanitary ware (Bathtub) in Jeddah city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Mostly people in Jeddah City prefer to purchase from various outlets vendors / retailers who are available usually in same area, according to their convenience, preference and selection. Increases in expectations and changing culinary style of consumers make the Sanitary Ware (Bathtub) business dynamic in general. Despite the increasing interest in the area there are very little researches on sustainable competitive advantage of sanitary ware vending service in our domestic market. Keeping these conditions in view, this study tries to explore the current scenario in which Sanitary Ware (Bathtub) has become a flourishing business for a lot of Suppliers as it has been successful in attracting a large mass of customers and projects.This study analyses environmental scanning and communication technology as a gate for sustainable competitive advantage of sanitary ware (Bathtub) in Jeddah city. The data analysis was based on 108 retailers who purchase bathtub sanitary ware from sanitary ware suppliers companies in Jeddah city, the data analysis was based on multivariate statistical techniques encompassing Factor analysis to test reliability, Percentage and frequency, descriptive analysis to describe the sample, multiple linear regressions via using SPSS analysis software. It identifies the most relevant understanding of environmental scanning and role of communication technology as agate for sustainable competitive advantage, and determines their influence in choosing of sanitary ware outlets. The results show that as environmental scanning and communication technologies (independent variables) have a positive influence on sustainable competitive advantage (dependent variable) of bathtub sanitary ware suppliers in Jeddah city.

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