Neighborhood Planning in Historical Perspective

Silver, Christopher

doi:10.1080/01944368508976207

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“…In other cases, neighborhood organizations are all "leadership" in that they rely on the work of a few because there is no larger "we" feeling in the neighborhood (McKenzie, 1921;Silver, 1985;Tannenbaum, 1948).…”

Section: Sense Of Community and Neighborhood Organizingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Can Social Media Save a Neighborhood Organization?

Johnson¹,

Halegoua²

2015

Planning Practice & Research

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The purpose of this research is to evaluate the success of social media as a community engagement tool at the neighborhood level and, thus, expand on existing theories and practices in regards to social media and place-based communities. We found a neighborhood association that was considering dismantling after 38 years due to low participation rates. In a last effort to rebuild, they were willing to try social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. After the initial launch and promotion of the online tools, they gained no comments, responses, or retweets, and only 5 "likes", 3 Twitter followers, and 2 people for the email listserv out of a possible 550 households. We conducted a survey with neighborhood residents in order to understand why members of the neighborhood did not join these social media networks and why they were not engaged with the neighborhood association in general.Our findings indicate that previous research recommending multiple types of communication to reach everyone in a neighborhood is valid but neighborhood organizations should also target their communication to maximize often limited resources. In our case study, the neighbors who said social media were good ways to communicate with the neighborhood were also the ones who said they wanted a neighborhood association. This was not the case for those choosing email or mail options. We also found a mismatch between "neighborly" ties and the more intimate ties associated with "friends" on social media, desires for inclusive communication, and expectations regarding face-to-face communication within a neighborhood setting. These results show the different roles of neighborhood organizations (sociability versus political representation or a mix of both) and how social media fits with these different roles. Based on the survey results, advice for using social media to revive a neighborhood organization is offered.3

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Section: Sense Of Community and Neighborhood Organizingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Can Social Media Save a Neighborhood Organization?

Johnson¹,

Halegoua²

2015

Planning Practice & Research

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“…On the one hand, Silver (1985) reviewed discourses on Perry's neighborhood unit theory by evaluating the effects of the theory during three periods divided according to historical perspectives; 'the 1880s to 1920s, ' '1920s to 1960s', and '1960s and 1970s. He mentioned that the neighborhood unit theory resulted in a self-sufficient community and social homogeneity among neighbors, despite its attempt to supplement and compensate existing neighborhoods instead of making new ones.…”

Section: Controversy Surrounding Perry's Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Neighborhood Unit: Effective or Obsolete?

Byun

Choi

2014

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

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This study attempts to verify the validity of the neighborhood unit theory in Korea and interpret its meaning. In Korea, Perry's neighborhood unit theory has been applied to new cities and housing block plans as a design principle since its introduction. While the theory has been actively applied to New Town developments throughout the world, it has also faced criticisms. This paper begins with the question 'Does Perry's theory still have viability in Korea?' First of all, this research reviewed the major contents and corresponding examples of Perry's theory. In attempts to answer this question, major contents of the controversies were summarized historically, along with reviews on the background of how Perry's theory was introduced. This is followed by examinations of applications of the neighborhood unit theory in Korea. Additionally, solutions regarding criticism of the theory were diagnosed. It was also pointed out that although there was a time that Perry's theory was applied uniformly during socioeconomic changes in Korea, there were efforts to overcome the limitations of this theory. As a result, it was found that the neighborhood unit theory still viably suggests basic design principles for various types of planning from residential planning to life zone planning.

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“…It claimed that all humans should ultimately meet around the same homogenous culture and that non-Westerners should be trained to assimilate into Western lifestyles. Theories with a major influence on the discipline such as the School of Chicago (Park 1925) described the city as composed of natural areas to which people of the same values gravitated, while authors such as Bartholomew promoted the planning of homogenous neighborhoods as ideal urban settings (Silver 1985). Similarly, land use and physical proposals often operated on some form of environmental determinism, assuming that 'such space such behaviour' and using space as a mechanism of social control and homogenisation (Fairfield 1993).…”

Section: E Relevance Of Diversity For Urban Planning Eorymentioning

confidence: 99%