Social Capital in Neighbourhood Renewal: A Holistic and State of the Art Literature Review

Abstract

In the new era of sustainable urban development, neighbourhood renewal has received increasing attention. Social capital, which can be defined as the value embedded in the relationship between residents, plays a significant role in the process of neighbourhood renewal. However, within the current neighbourhood renewal knowledge domain, there is a lack of clear and systematic understanding of the various components that make up social capital, how they are formed, and how they impact neighbourhood renewal. With the rise in neighbourhood renewal projects worldwide, it has become increasingly important to facilitate better knowledge in this area. To this end, this study focuses on filling this knowledge gap. First, based on the review of 84 journal papers related to social capital in neighbourhood renewal, a research framework is developed for analysing social capital in the context of neighbour renewal. Using this framework as a lens, a critical review of the literature is then conducted. Finally, through an in-depth discussion, this study presents the main concepts of social capital, its formulation and its association with neighbourhood renewal. This review paper can be used as an important reference for researchers globally interested in the topic of social capital in neighbourhood renewal.

Modeling residents’ multidimensional social capital in China’s neighborhood renewal projects: SEM and MIMIC approaches

“…SSC develops social structures and facilitates information sharing and cooperation through actors and relationships under defined rules and procedures (Alan and Köker, 2021). Information exchange is the core component of SSC (Lawson et al, 2008;Yim and Leem, 2013;Li et al, 2022). García-Villaverde et al (2017) suggested that SSC emphasizes the control of information in the social system structure.…”

“…First, this study suggested that the effect of multi-level social capital in neighborhood renewal should be examined in future research. As proposed by Li et al (2022) social capital can be classified into resident level and neighborhood level. In this study, the limitation of the data structure did not allow for a multi-level analysis at resident-level and neighborhood-level.…”

Evolution of residents' cooperative behavior in neighborhood renewal: An agent-based computational approach

“…Zhang, Zhang, & Guo, 2021), cumulative prospect theory (Ebrahimigharehbaghi, Qian, de Vries, & Visscher, 2022), and other relevant theories (Guo, Li, & Wang, 2018;Liang, Tao, Hong, & Shen, 2019). Among the various theoretical frameworks applied to the study of resident behavior, the theory of planned behavior is one of the most commonly used (Jin, Li, Jansen, Boumeester, & Boelhouwer, 2022;Li, Huang, Liu, Shrestha, & Xinyue, 2022). This theory hypothesizes that behavior is determined by three key factors: attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control (Bosnjak, Ajzen, & Schmidt, 2020).…”

“…Collective social capital refers to shared social networks, norms, and values that exist within a group or community that can lead to cooperative behavior, collective action, and mutual benefits (Svendsen & Svendsen, 2009). According to Li, Huang, et al (2022), collective social capital includes general trust, social norms, and system control, and collective social capital promotes the emergence of individual social capital. In this study, individual and collective social capital are defined as follows:…”

Faith-Inspired Interrelational Citizenship: a Key Driver for Cultivating Peace in The Indonesian Socio-Political Landscapes

“…Research (Gannon and Roberts 2018;Li et al 2022) indicates that reinforcement Social capital is one of the strategies to get out of moments of inertia. The social capital that is the material object of this study is Civil Society in the form of community-based educational institutions (Rasdi 2020;Hafenbrack et al 2019).…”