Abstract:Many post-WWII housing estates have a poor reputation that is often related to insecurity and social restlessness or disorder. However, the prior literature is mainly on problematic estates and does not contain a representative view on the matter. Filling this gap, the present article introduces and discusses the findings of two recent large-scale studies on perceived social disorder in Finnish housing estates built in the 1960s and 1970s. The research questions were the following: First, do housing estates di… Show more
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