Residential mobility in Basrah city: The spatial relationship between its drivers and variables by using statistical analysis

University of Basrah, College of Education for Social Sciences, Department of Geography, Basrah, Iraq

^* Corresponding author: abbas.Kadhim@uobasrah.edu.iq

Abstract

Residential mobility plays a vital role in raising urban growth and expansion. Basrah city witnessed a residential movement of many families, whether from the same neighborhood or others. This movement is motivated by several factors effectively. Several families move from one place to another, influenced by a set of motives that encouraged the movement. However, research on the motivations and drivers behind residential movement is limited. Thus, the study aims at determining drivers of residential mobility in Basrah city in 2023. It applies statistical analysis (SPSS.V.28) and methods of geographical information systems (GIS) in order to measure the drivers behind the residential mobility. The results show that several households move within the same neighborhood or between other ones due to various reasons such as an increase in family size or income, a desire to move to large house, high-cost rent, a change of marital status (marriage), a desire to move closer to family and relatives or to schools of sons or the workplace, a suffer from car parking that is located near sources of pollution and neighborhood dissatisfaction.