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This Project demonstrates a constructive approach in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia where the building would be a symbol of luxury. The auto mall gives a common platform to different car makers to display their cars and address their competition under one roof which would be convenient for customers to compare cars. The building has twelve show room units. Each unit has a display area, offices, and a service area. The roof structure system facilitates a large open span beneath it. A series of concrete arches is the most significant element of design in the building since it not only holds the roof structure but also brings its individuality and defines the character of the building. With a free column plan beneath it, customers will have a better view of cars presented in show rooms. The structural system in lower floors is separated from the roof to facilitate a different structure system. This project is designed to attract tourists as well as local residents to address the growth and the new social life of the Middle East's wealthiest city. / Master of Architecture

Le développement urbain en Arabie saoudite demeure un sujet intéressant à étudier, à tous les niveaux et à toutes les échelles. En effet, les quelques travaux qui se sont penchés sur la question ont privilégié surtout la langue anglaise, dans les universités américaines et anglaises. En outre, d’autres travaux de master, en langue arabe ont essayé de présenter une autre lecture de la question de la planification urbaine, surtout dans les universités saoudiennes à Riyad, Dammam et à Djeddah. Ce travail a mis l’accent sur l’administration territoriale de l’Arabie depuis 1926, avant même la fondation du Royaume en 1932. Afin de proposer des solutions aux différents enjeux de planification dans les villes saoudiennes et en partant de l’exemple de Mohafazate Djeddah, nous avons jugé utile de partir de l’étude des expériences françaises en terme de planification. Pour cela, nous avons étudié l’évolution de l’aménagement et de la planification urbaine en France avec un accent mis sur les rôles et les responsabilités du Ministère de tutelle et des différentes collectivités locales, ainsi que le rôle de l'administration de la planification urbaine. La manière de planifier en France est différente de celle en Arabie Saoudite, mais les principes sont les mêmes. A la fin de cette thèse et à partir de l’expérience française, nous avons présenté une liste de recommandations destinées aux décideurs saoudiens, ce qui permettrait d’améliorer le système de planification en Arabie Saoudite et particulièrement de Mohafazate Djeddah. / This thesis focuses on the urban development of Saudi Arabia as a significant issue at all levels. The literature, which covered three languages, English, Arabic and French, revealed that very few research has been carried out, showing unsatisfactory coverage of the topic. The thesis have attempted to bring about the outcome of varieties of reading on urban planning in the academic institutions of Saudi Arabia's main cities, viz., Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah. The research can be regarded as the first that deals with the development of the territorial administration of Kingdom since 1926, even before the unification of the country in 1932 to date. The research aimed to highlight the potential improvements within the current planning system. It first analyzed the existing condition of the relevant planning issues at the national, regional and local levels. Zooming in the topic, Jeddah Province was taken as a case study. Applying comparative analysis the French experience was carefully studied as an essential part of the research. This part analyzed the evolution of the urban planning in France with particular emphasis on the roles and responsibilities of the various local authorities and decision makers who participate in the process of the urban, regional and national planning. As a conclusion, the research highlighted the similarities and the differences between the French planning system and methods and Saudi Arabia and the lesson learned. Finally, the thesis listed a number of recommendations for Saudi decision makers that would help to improve the planning system of Saudi Arabia in general and Jeddah Province in particular.

This study examined the impact of tourism on the environment and Jeddah citizens’ perceptions toward tourism in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The sample consisted of citizens who reside in the city of Jeddah. The variables analyzed included the following: cleanliness of the city, crowding, access to facilities, availability of water, and the quality of air and sea. An explanatory research design was utilized to generate the study, and purposive sampling was employed to gather the analysis. A total of 115 participants participated in the study. The study results suggested that cleanliness of the city, crowding, access to facilities, availability of water, and the quality of air and sea affect the perception of Jeddah citizens toward tourism. Particularly, both crowding and quality of air and sea were significant predictors of perceptions toward tourism.

L’Arabie Saoudite, depuis la découverte du pétrole dans les années 1950, a connue une urbanisation brutale, entraînant de grands changements sociaux et spatiaux. Djeddah illustre cette mutation de la société saoudienne. De village côtier au milieu du XXe siècle, elle est devenue une grande agglomération, et cela en quelques décennies. C’est dire l’expansion phénoménale enregistrée par la ville.Mais une urbanisation aussi rapide et massive ne peut que susciter de graves problèmes de gestion, de fonctionnement et d’équipement. Pour y faire face, les autorités ont eu recours à la planification comme instrument de prévision et d’anticipation. Toutefois, les différents plans élaborés par les professionnels de l’urbain, se sont très vite révélés inadaptés. Ainsi, la population de la ville n’a cessé de s'amplifier et les surfaces urbanisées se sont étalées dans tous les sens, rendant de ce fait aléatoire toute approche en termes de « modèle » conçu et préétabli.Ces indications révèlent que la ville n’est pas un simple « objet », mais un rapport social, donc un espace en mouvement. Dès lors, si notre souci consiste à appréhender la façon dont les pouvoirs publics ont conçu la structuration du milieu urbain, les méthodes et les concepts utilisés, les projets et programmes envisagés, il importe également de décrypter les pratiques des habitants engendrant, selon les cas, une évolution harmonieuse ou chaotique du tissu urbain. Posé sous cet angle, ce point traduit notre problématique. Celle-ci consiste, plus précisément, à savoir comment les divers acteurs, en particulier les « citadins ordinaires », interfèrent dans le processus d’expansion et de production de la ville. Dans cette approche de la ville, il s’est avéré nécessaire d’élaborer une base de données, d’effectuer une analyse cartographique et de prendre appui sur l’observation de terrain. / Since the discovery of oil in the 1950s, Saudi Arabia has experienced a sudden Urbanization, causing major social and spatial changes. Jeddah demonstrates this transformation of the Saudi society. In only few decades, this coastal village turned into a large city in the middle of the twentieth century. This in turn, has marked a phenomenal growth recorded by the city. This rapid and massive urbanization has created serious problems in terms of management, operation and equipments. Authorities, in response, have devised planning as a means of prediction and anticipation. However, different plans that have been suggested by professionals in Jeddah were not sufficient. Thus, the city population has continued to grow and urban areas have expanded in all directions, and therefore making the designed model and all other approaches uncertain. Therefore, it is important to understand that, the city is not just an "object" but a growing space where there is an active social relationship amongst the population. So, if we are to understand how the government designed urban areas, methods and concepts used, projects and programs planned, it is appropriate to consider at the same time what the resulting population will look like while developing the urban fabrics. Our main problem from these points of view is more precisely to comprehend how the various factors, especially "the ordinary citizen", involved in the whole process of expansion and city creation work. As far as this approach is concerned, it is necessary to develop a database, build and analyze maps and also to perform field observation in order to deal with the problems in all aspects.

The problem of this study concerns the needs of female students and their perceptions of satisfaction with the role of the two female institutions of higher education in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: King Abdul-Aziz University (KAU) and the College of Education for Girls.

This study assesses the loyalty behaviour of consumers in fast-food restaurants in Saudi Arabia by studying the antecedents and the consequences of loyalty behaviour. The sample consisted of 231 Saudis and non-Saudis living in Saudi Arabia. They were approached using the “snowball” technique. Participants were all over the age of eighteen, and they were customers of Al-Baik restaurants. Data was collected through a face-to-face questionnaire, and analyzed using SPSS software. Specifically, Cronbach’s Alpha test, Pearson correlation coefficient, Spearman correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis were used. Results show that significant relationships exist between the antecedents and the consequences of loyalty behaviour. It is also indicated that participants’ personalities and values were significantly related to the loyalty behaviour of consumers in Saudi Arabia. The major limitation of this study is that it was conducted in only one city, Jeddah. Therefore, additional research should be carried out in other cities with larger samples. The research results offer compelling evidence that Saudi loyalty behaviour differs from Western behaviour. Therefore, it suggests that international fast-food operators in Saudi Arabia should take local factors into account when formulating marketing strategies, such as the role of women and youth in Saudi society. This thesis makes a novel contribution to the literature, as it is the first to model the antecedents and the consequences of loyalty behaviour of consumers in a single study. It is also the first to study contributed to the literature to examine the relation between the Six Dimensional Achievement Motivation Scale (Jackson, Ahmed, and Heapy, 1976), Rokeach Value System (1973), and loyalty behaviour of consumers.