Research into sustainable economics has recently become increasingly significant as a result of worldwide economic growth and crises. This study examines how economic theories play an important role in constructing a sustainable community unit and how they influence the neighbourhood's design. The study aims to improve economic theory's contribution to sustainable development goals at the neighborhood scale. It is hypothesised that economic theory affects neighborhood planning design. The study has adopted a mixed-method approach, including structured checklist observation (Likert scale) with space syntax analysis — measuring choice, control, connectivity, and integration — to assess spatial configuration and user movement patterns. Data were analysed using IBM SPSS Statistics, employing Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), one-way ANOVA, and compare mean. The study developed a conceptual framework with three categories for evaluating neighbourhood units based on economic theory and sustainability. The results indicated that economic potential is the most influential parameter (49.101% variance), followed by affordability (30.899 variance), transit and connectivity (10.253% variance). Economic potential, with a mean difference of 4.238 and a p-value of 0.019, demonstrated a positive impact on the region. The study concluded that economic theory has had mixed impacts on the design of neighbourhood units with regard to sustainable development goals.
Azeez et al. (Sun,) studied this question.