Housing layout, perceived density and social interactions in gated communities: Mediational role of territoriality

Mousavinia, Seyyedeh Fatemeh; Shahram, Pourdeihimi; Madani, Ramin

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2019.101699

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“…Our study further found that population density had a significant negative impact on health, which is in line with the existing literature ( 70 ). In high-density neighborhoods, residents are often exposed to large numbers of strangers, exacerbating the weakening of interpersonal relationships, and reducing social interaction ( 71 ).…”

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confidence: 93%

Exploring the Relationship Between Neighborhood-Built Environment and Elderly Health: A Research Based on Heterogeneity of Age and Gender Groups in Beijing

Ouyang

2022

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundThe built environment quality of neighborhoods has a significant impact on the health of the elderly. Although there has been a wealth of studies on low-density Western cities, research on the impacts of built environment on elderly health in high-density Chinese cities is far from sufficient. The pathways by which the built environment affects elderly health remain to be observed, particularly whether such pathways vary for different ages and genders.MethodsBased on the data of the “Fourth Survey on the Living Conditions of the Elderly in China” in 2015, a sample survey of 3,360 older adults, aged 60 years and over, in Beijing was conducted. We first explored the built environment factors that affect elderly health with a multilevel regression model. We then adopted a multilevel structural equation model (MSEM) to reveal the mediating effect of health activities. Moreover, a stratified analysis was applied to explore the impact of age and gender heterogeneity on the relationship between built environment and elderly health.Results(1) Neighborhood-built environment measured within a 500 m buffer area had a higher correlation with elderly health when compared with other areas. (2) Physical activity and social interaction played a mediating role in the correlation between the built environment and elderly health. Even if the interference of residential self-selection was controlled within the subgroups, majority of the built environment elements had significant impacts on elderly health. (3) The impacts of built environment variables on elderly health vary among different age and gender groups. Population density mainly promoted elderly health through health activities in the middle-aged (aged 70–79) group and high-aged (aged 80+) group, and shorter distance to transit stations affects health by promoting the social interaction among high-aged males (aged 80+) group compared to with other groups, and high-quality built environment significantly promotes physical activity to alleviate loneliness only in elderly females.ConclusionTo effectively boost elderly health by improving the quality of the built environment, adequate considerations should also be given to the differentiated demands of adults of different age and gender groups, precise health behavior interventions should be provided, and the construction of personalized aging-friendly and livable spatial environments should be emphasized to realize healthy and active aging.

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confidence: 93%

Exploring the Relationship Between Neighborhood-Built Environment and Elderly Health: A Research Based on Heterogeneity of Age and Gender Groups in Beijing

Ouyang

2022

Front. Public Health

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“…The spread of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), as well as other communicable diseases, is due to transmission of viruses from people to people ( Ferguson et al, 2005 ; Cummings et al, 2004 ; Gog et al, 2014 ; Poletto et al, 2014 ; Mousavinia et al, 2019 ). To capture how viruses spread it is necessary to determine how people communicate face-to-face.…”

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Association of built environment attributes with the spread of COVID-19 at its initial stage in China

Zhang

2021

Sustainable Cities and Society

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Highlights Focus on the spread of COVID-19 at its initial stages across the whole China. Reveal spatial clusters and outliers of the spread of COVID-19. Estimate a mixed geographically weighted regression (GWR) model. Capture both the global and local effects of inter-/intra-city built environment. Derive important policy implications from the built environment planning.

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“…As a way to seek for information, social interaction contributes to psychological comparison, behavioral imitation, and observational learning [ 34 ]. In the process of social interaction, individuals’ access to heterogeneous information is affected by structural characteristics, namely the social network topology structure [ 35 ]. Studies have found that the most important structural characteristics are the network ties between actors and the network configuration mode, which is usually expressed by the network size and intensity [ 36 ].…”

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How Symbols and Social Interaction Influence the Experienced Utility of Sustainable Lifestyle Guiding Policies: Evidence from Eastern China

Cheng

Long

2022

IJERPH

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As the key to mitigating climate change, a sustainable lifestyle has become a focus of environment policy. Past studies have largely neglected the symbols of sustainable lifestyle guiding policies and failed to capture its effect on the experienced utility of sustainable lifestyle guiding policies (EUSLGP). To address this drawback, symbolic value was incorporated into a model consisting of social interaction and the EUSLGP. With data collected from 3257 respondents in Eastern China, ordinary least squares were applied to examine hypotheses and two-stage least squares based on the instrumental variable to verify the results. Results show that symbolic value combines self-expression value, relationship consolidation value, group identification value, and status-showing value, and is positively associated with EUSLGP. Social interaction plays a moderating role in the association between symbolic value and EUSLGP. Moreover, significant regional differences are discovered in the identified relationships. Consequently, policy suggestions, covering symbolic value, social interaction, and regional conditions, are proposed to enhance the EUSLGP for other countries and regions.

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Housing layout, perceived density and social interactions in gated communities: Mediational role of territoriality

Cited by 22 publications

References 61 publications

Exploring the Relationship Between Neighborhood-Built Environment and Elderly Health: A Research Based on Heterogeneity of Age and Gender Groups in Beijing

Exploring the Relationship Between Neighborhood-Built Environment and Elderly Health: A Research Based on Heterogeneity of Age and Gender Groups in Beijing

Association of built environment attributes with the spread of COVID-19 at its initial stage in China

How Symbols and Social Interaction Influence the Experienced Utility of Sustainable Lifestyle Guiding Policies: Evidence from Eastern China

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