The Effect of War on Spatial Differentiation of Real Estate Values and Urban Disorder in the Damascus Metropolitan Area
The Syrian war, which commenced in 2011, transformed the Damascus real estate market due to heightened insecurity and tenure disputes. Using the hedonic price models, including 2411 housing transactions over the period 2010–2022, this study aims to understand the spatial dynamics of the real estate...
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| description | The Syrian war, which commenced in 2011, transformed the Damascus real estate market due to heightened insecurity and tenure disputes. Using the hedonic price models, including 2411 housing transactions over the period 2010–2022, this study aims to understand the spatial dynamics of the real estate market in wartime. Our findings indicate that war variables have had a significant impact on the differentiation of property prices. Notably, property attributes have a more substantial impact on real estate values than district location, with severely damaged buildings in Damascus City resulting in an 89% decline in prices, while prices in Rural Damascus districts have decreased by 50%. Additionally, this study examines the urban texture of Damascus using correlation and homogeneity statistics derived from the gray-level co-occurrence matrix obtained from Google Earth Engine. Our findings show that correlations were highly differentiated, particularly among Rural Damascus districts, with a total decline of 87.2%. While homogeneity values decreased overall between 2015 and 2019, they improved slightly after 2019. This study guides decision makers in mitigating severe property value variations across war-affected urban areas by fostering spatial justice in property rights and promoting balanced investment and sustainable real estate development during the post-war recovery phase. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9c1ff4e1ea7f47b3a1326b0f91356c312024-12-27T14:57:26ZengMDPI AGUrban Science2413-88512024-10-018418310.3390/urbansci8040183The Effect of War on Spatial Differentiation of Real Estate Values and Urban Disorder in the Damascus Metropolitan AreaMounir Azzam0Valerie Graw1Andreas Rienow2Institute of Geography, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, GermanyInstitute of Geography, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, GermanyInstitute of Geography, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, GermanyThe Syrian war, which commenced in 2011, transformed the Damascus real estate market due to heightened insecurity and tenure disputes. Using the hedonic price models, including 2411 housing transactions over the period 2010–2022, this study aims to understand the spatial dynamics of the real estate market in wartime. Our findings indicate that war variables have had a significant impact on the differentiation of property prices. Notably, property attributes have a more substantial impact on real estate values than district location, with severely damaged buildings in Damascus City resulting in an 89% decline in prices, while prices in Rural Damascus districts have decreased by 50%. Additionally, this study examines the urban texture of Damascus using correlation and homogeneity statistics derived from the gray-level co-occurrence matrix obtained from Google Earth Engine. Our findings show that correlations were highly differentiated, particularly among Rural Damascus districts, with a total decline of 87.2%. While homogeneity values decreased overall between 2015 and 2019, they improved slightly after 2019. This study guides decision makers in mitigating severe property value variations across war-affected urban areas by fostering spatial justice in property rights and promoting balanced investment and sustainable real estate development during the post-war recovery phase.https://www.mdpi.com/2413-8851/8/4/183real estate differentiationspatial justicehedonic priceurban texture analysisreconstruction strategy |
| spellingShingle | Mounir Azzam Valerie Graw Andreas Rienow The Effect of War on Spatial Differentiation of Real Estate Values and Urban Disorder in the Damascus Metropolitan Area Urban Science real estate differentiation spatial justice hedonic price urban texture analysis reconstruction strategy |
| title | The Effect of War on Spatial Differentiation of Real Estate Values and Urban Disorder in the Damascus Metropolitan Area |
| title_full | The Effect of War on Spatial Differentiation of Real Estate Values and Urban Disorder in the Damascus Metropolitan Area |
| title_fullStr | The Effect of War on Spatial Differentiation of Real Estate Values and Urban Disorder in the Damascus Metropolitan Area |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of War on Spatial Differentiation of Real Estate Values and Urban Disorder in the Damascus Metropolitan Area |
| title_short | The Effect of War on Spatial Differentiation of Real Estate Values and Urban Disorder in the Damascus Metropolitan Area |
| title_sort | effect of war on spatial differentiation of real estate values and urban disorder in the damascus metropolitan area |
| topic | real estate differentiation spatial justice hedonic price urban texture analysis reconstruction strategy |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2413-8851/8/4/183 |
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