Keywords,
Neighborhood , Doha , Well-being , urban form, assessment methodology
Introduction
The urbanization process cannot be reversed. It has been presented by the U.N. Habitat that urban population is highly escalating \cite{2016a}. One of the most difficult aspects to deal with in the 21st century has been for the urban planners to comprehend the phenomena known as neighborhood development \cite{Uttawar2001} . Urban agglomeration issues are quite extensive to be dealt with. There is no concept of a finite, closed city. As per \cite{Sharifi_2013} ), neighborhood assessment is not enough to achieve a comprehensive development of a sustainable built environment that balance the social, economic, and institutional considerations. An alternative method has to be considered to assess the developed environment for the neighborhood. All over the world, there is no specific order of the global urban setting which is evident in Doha.
Human activities and their interactions are facilitated through physical urban features of developments. It occurs through economic and social activities of the city, its culture, technology, and the result of physical planning processes, in relation to regulations and infrastructure development \cite{AURDR1995}.The urban agglomeration is taken into account at various levels, that is, district, municipalities, streets, and neighborhood (European urban knowledge network, EUKN)\cite{EUKN2011}. These levels interact in the city’s complex system and determine its quality. All urban areas face challenges with respect to any negative factors associated with urban development, like degradation which occurs in physical and environmental context. Similarly, traffic congestion and social exclusion can lead to lower quality of urban life. hence, The urban development outcomes have a considerable effect on quality of life that is preserved by residents. The quality of life is directly and strongly affected through socio-cultural and physical characteristics of its context \cite{Talen_2007}. With time, these features of urban localities are explained and supported for development of urban policies. Socio-economic factors and neighborhood QOL have a direct relationship with residents satisfaction \cite{Mohan_2007}. QOL and the availability of urban services have a strong correlation . thus, negative social impacts can be rectified with better design of neighborhood \cite{Raman_2010}. This also includes inhabitant perception , thereby; neighborhood improvement should be associated its residents .
Neighborhood-scape Methodology
One design technique for urban well-being and sustainability is the integrated mortification multidisciplinary methodology. Better well-being for neighborhood residents is the key objective of this approach. It includes modification of urban aspects and optimizing the architecture. This is basically a holistic, multi-scale, and multi-layer methodology. It includes provision of specific physical and provisional presentation of Complex Adaptive System (CAS ) dynamics, as inspired through the integrated modification methodology (IMM) \cite{Tadi_2015a} . The purpose of this study is to present a Neighborhood-scape approach as a holistic modification methodology (holistification), which helps in guiding community members, planners, designers, and officials to enhance the built environment in Doha. Visualization of urban quality of life studies has been supported through the Geographic Information System (GIS) (\cite{Ghose2002}, \cite{Ghose2003},\cite{Randall_2005},\cite{Zlatanova2007}, \cite{Rinner_2007}). this visualization can be presented through either subjective factors perceived as Urban Quality Of Life (UQOL) or objective factors of the built environment physical characteristics through which urban quality of life is mostly measured.
Visualization of the perceived quality of life in Doha neighborhood in accordance with objective and subjective factors is the primary purpose of neighborhood-scape. Neighborhoods are considered dynamic through the day -to-day activities of its residents \cite{Choguill_2008}. Well-being quality of neighborhood is strongly linked with the inhabitant condition of mind and the availability of urban services (fig.1). however, this does not signify that the key focus should only be on neighborhood land use strategy. The functions and spaces in the neighborhood do present context for interaction of its inhabitants. Neighborhoods are considered complex structure which has variable definitions by different groups \cite{May_1996}. These groups include real estate developers (the strongest group with regard to Doha), social groups, and planners.
Since, the built environment can be defined by two factors the Spatial dimension (Built and natural environment) and the People dimension\cite{Komeily_2016} . therefore, neighborhoods are preferably to be described, through their amenities and services, while relating them to the influence they impose on quality of life, their residence, and the performance of their activities.