The Dialectic of Neighborhood Social Mix: Editors' Introduction to the Special Issue

Galster, George; Friedrichs, Jürgen

doi:10.1080/02673037.2015.1035926

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“…It is a complex task to change communities through housing renewal without diminishing community cohesion and individual connectedness . Additionally, a focus on housing tenure without considering wider health and social support needs is likely to meet with limited success . Lack of support during and after housing renewal may result in some residents being harmed rather than helped …”

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Managing the hope and worry of housing renewal—supporting well‐being in the emerging community

Abbott

Brooker

Reath

2018

Health Prom J of Aust

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Supporting the mental health and well-being of residents experiencing housing renewal is an important role of community-based workers, volunteers and service providers. This includes facilitating access to health care and other services and promoting social connectedness in the emerging community. Increased clarity on what community resources and services will be available subsequent to redevelopment will assist in these aims. SO WHAT?: Early knowledge of what community resources and services will be in place long term in communities undergoing housing renewal will allow staff and volunteers to better support the health and well-being of residents.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Managing the hope and worry of housing renewal—supporting well‐being in the emerging community

Abbott

Brooker

Reath

2018

Health Prom J of Aust

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“…Sampson continues that there is something fundamental about place stratification and other phenomena that cut across international boundaries but are manifested locally. However, there are generally lower levels of spatial inequality in European countries, probably because European governments typically intervene earlier in deteriorating areas, for example through social mixing policies (Friedrichs 2002;Galster and Friedrichs 2015).…”

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“…It is unclear what forms of causal relationships exist between exposure to highly segregated (or highly diverse) areas on the one hand and more cosmopolitan values on the other. Ethnic mixing has been shown to increase contact between groups, and thereby to increase trust and reduce prejudice (Galster and Friedrichs 2015;Pettigrew et al 2007), but there is also evidence of diversity not leading to tolerance towards migrants but rather to mistrust (Uslaner 2010). If native dominated-areas are highly segregated, xenophobic attitudes may also emerge in those areas (Strömblad and Malmberg 2016).…”

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Comparing Patterns of Segregation in North-Western Europe: A Multiscalar Approach

2018

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“…The efficacy of Facebook Groups in delivering quality learning in weak-tie communities is examined. Complex spatial, economic and social aspects of urban housing projects have generated extensive literature on the side-by-side rather than face-to-face character of urban interactions (Galster & Friedrichs, 2015) and the impact of the Internet and digital tools on community connectedness (Hampton & Wellman, 2003). There is however little research on how social media sites are deployed to overcome the difficulty in triggering connective action in such environments or examining whether social media are different from other digital tools.…”

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Exploring the Efficacy of Facebook Groups for Collective Occupant Learning About Using Their Homes

Baborska-Narożny

Stirling

Stevenson

2017

American Behavioral Scientist

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Using Facebook Groups to connect otherwise anonymous people that live in a single urban development is a relatively new phenomenon. Within residential developments, there are a number of common comfort, management, and performance issues experienced by many isolated inhabitants that are identified through building performance evaluation studies. Facebook is a ubiquitous social network tool and powerful communication platform, particularly popular among young adults. This article explores the use of closed Facebook Groups in relation to collective learning about home use in two residential communities in the United Kingdom. Data were collected through longitudinal digital and physical visits to case study residential developments and to the Facebook Group sites. Group development, dynamics, and the quality of knowledge sharing is evaluated. Findings are presented in relation to home use learning, as it proved to be a vital theme of each Group’s activity. We propose that weak-tie urban communities can develop collective efficacy through communicating on a Facebook Group that enables quality learning based on reciprocal sharing of experiences and knowledge by its members. This helps tackle comfort issues experienced, lower the cost of living, and share bespoke, context-specific home use best practice. Strong engagement and leadership of group administrators limited to early stages of the Groups’ formation followed by high rate of activity by the majority of members was key. There was a clear overlap observed between social media narrative and the physical experiences of daily life, which helps support residents. The analysis suggests the positive effect of the learning environment created bottom-up would not be easily transferable to professional applications.

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The Dialectic of Neighborhood Social Mix: Editors' Introduction to the Special Issue

Cited by 58 publications

References 117 publications

Managing the hope and worry of housing renewal—supporting well‐being in the emerging community

Managing the hope and worry of housing renewal—supporting well‐being in the emerging community

Comparing Patterns of Segregation in North-Western Europe: A Multiscalar Approach

Exploring the Efficacy of Facebook Groups for Collective Occupant Learning About Using Their Homes

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