A Contextual Approach to Neighbourhood Attachment

Woolever, Cynthia

doi:10.1080/00420989220080081

Cited by 76 publications

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“…In contrast, younger residents are more likely to be socially mobile, have fewer local social ties, and in turn report lower place attachment (Bailey, Kearns and Livingston, 2012;Hidalgo and Hernandez, 2001;Pretty et al, 2003;Woolever, 1992). Residential duration is also associated with the availability of social ties and consequently higher levels of place attachment (Bonaiuto et al, 1999;Brown, Perkins, and Brown, 2003;Comstock et al, 2010;Kasarda and Janowitz, 1974;Lewicka, 2010).…”

Section: The Relevance Of Geographical Communities and Place Attachmentmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…Putnam (2007) argues that residents of ethno-racially heterogeneous communities are more likely to 'hunker' within their homes rather than form social ties, which may explain why people in these types of communities report lower place attachment. Homeownership, an indicator of advantage, is also associated with place attachment, which may explain why more place attached residents are located in areas with higher proportions of homeowners (Bailey, Kearns and Livingston, 2012;Brown, Perkins and Brown, 2003;Parkes, Atkinson and Kearns, 2002;Woolever, 1992).…”

Section: The Relevance Of Geographical Communities and Place Attachmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As the life stages of residents can influence their place attachment (Bailey, Kearns and Livingston, 2012;Hidalgo and Hernandez, 2001;Kasarda and Janowitz, 1974;Lewicka, 2010;Pretty et al, 2003;Woolever, 1992), we employed age and squared age (age 2 ) to control this curvilinear effect. Also gender (Hidalgo and Hernandez, 2001;Mesch and Manor, 1998), marital status (Brown, Perkins, and Brown, 2004), and having dependent children (Hay, 1998;Logan and Spitze, 1994) each influence place attachment; thus we included three binary measures: female, married, and dependent children.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Additionally the residency status of community members influences place attachment (Bailey, Kearns and Livingston, 2012;Brown, Perkins and Brown, 2003;Parkes, Atkinson and Kearns, 2002;Woolever, 1992). To capture residency status we used the ABS's census to derive the proportion of people renting (renters) and the proportion of residents that have lived in the suburb for less than one year (less than 1 year residents).…”

Section: Neighborhood-level Control Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Greenspace and Place Attachment: Do Greener Suburbs Lead to Greater Residential Place Attachment?

Kimpton

Wickes

Corcoran

2014

Urban Policy and Research

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While contemporary urban theories suggest that individuals have transcended their geographical community, evidence suggests that urban residents still feel 'attached' to place. In the literature, several socio-demographic characteristics are associated with place attachment. Scholars suggest physical features, such as community 'greenspace' may also influence place attachment. Yet research does not consider the relationship between one's objective proximity to greenspace or the objective availability of community greenspace on residents' place attachment. This study employs multi-level models and draws on police incident data, census data, two spatial datasets and survey data from over 4000 residents living across 148 state suburbs in Australia to assess the relationship between greenspace proximity and greenspace availability on place attachment. Our findings indicate that greater proportions and more accessible greenspace may not improve residents' attachment to their local community.

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Section: The Relevance Of Geographical Communities and Place Attachmentmentioning

confidence: 93%

Section: The Relevance Of Geographical Communities and Place Attachmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Neighborhood-level Control Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Greenspace and Place Attachment: Do Greener Suburbs Lead to Greater Residential Place Attachment?

Kimpton

Wickes

Corcoran

2014

Urban Policy and Research

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“…It has long been argued that levels of attachment tend to be lower in these neighbourhoods as a result of both compositional and contextual factors: they are home to groups such as young adults who tend to have lower levels of attachment wherever they live, but they are also places where people find it more difficult to form attachments (Kasarda and Janowitz 1974;Woolever 1992;Sampson 1988). As spatial inequalities have risen and concentrations of deprivation have become more acute (Dorling and Rees, 2003), we might expect a growing number of neighbourhoods to suffer low levels of attachment.…”

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Place Attachment in Deprived Neighbourhoods: The Impacts of Population Turnover and Social Mix

2012

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This paper examines the determinants of individual place attachment, focussing in particular on differences between deprived and others neighbourhoods, and on the impacts of population turnover and social mix. It uses a multi-level modelling approach to take account of both individual-and neighbourhood-level determinants. Data are drawn from a large sample government survey, the Citizenship Survey 2005, to which a variety of neighbourhood-level data have been attached. The paper argues that attachment is significantly lower in more deprived neighbourhoods primarily because these areas have weaker social cohesion but that, in other respects, the drivers of attachment are the same. Turnover has modest direct impacts on attachment through its effect on social cohesion. Social mix has very limited impacts on attachment and the effects vary between social groups. In general, higher status or more dominant groups appear less tolerant of social mix.

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Place Attachment and Social Ties – Migrants and Natives in Three Urban Settings in Vienna

Kohlbacher

Reeger

Schnell

2015

Population Space and Place

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With ongoing immigration from 'all over the world', European cities are realising that the local level is gaining importance as a setting for interethnic coexistence. In this article, we investigate the attachment of migrants and natives to their local context in three neighbourhoods (one better-off, two more deprived) in Vienna that differ in contextual, structural, and socio-economic characteristics. We ask how the place attachment of natives and migrants is related to weak and strong social ties. In all three neighbourhoods, we found a majority of residents reported high or medium levels of attachment proving that urban neighbourhoods are still important contexts for local residents. A closer look revealed differences across groups and research areas: The strongest place attachment is displayed by natives in the middle-class area of Laudongasse, with migrants being significantly less attached, but still more than migrants (and natives) in the two deprived settings. In social housing (Am Schöpfwerk), migrants are more attached than natives, whereas in Ludo-Hartmann-Platz, the difference is not significant. The first result is that obviously deprivation reduces individual place attachment. In contrast to previous studies we found that socio-demographic factors are not relevant, it is social contacts that are important in explaining local attachment. For natives and migrants alike, close ties in the neighbourhood raise local attachment. Small talks are relevant for migrants but not for natives. This is in line with previous studies emphasising the special relevance of weak ties for migrants in supporting the integration process in a new environment.

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A Contextual Approach to Neighbourhood Attachment

Cited by 76 publications

References 17 publications

Greenspace and Place Attachment: Do Greener Suburbs Lead to Greater Residential Place Attachment?

Greenspace and Place Attachment: Do Greener Suburbs Lead to Greater Residential Place Attachment?

Place Attachment in Deprived Neighbourhoods: The Impacts of Population Turnover and Social Mix

Place Attachment and Social Ties – Migrants and Natives in Three Urban Settings in Vienna

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