Villa Victoria: The Transformation of Social Capital in a Boston Barrio

Small, Mario Luis

doi:10.1525/jlca.2006.11.2.488

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“…We can thus understand ''the neighbourhood'' as a collection of neighbourhood settings. Such settings may mediate potential effects of the neighbourhood composition when they draw particular segments of the neighbourhood population (Small 2004). It is through people's engagement with these settings that their networks may or may not reflect the neighbourhood population.…”

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Does living in a poor neighbourhood result in network poverty? A study on local networks, locality-based relationships and neighbourhood settings

Eijk

2010

J Hous and the Built Environ

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This paper examines whether and how living in a poor neighbourhood results in ''network poverty''. Through a detailed analysis of the formation of personal networks of people living in a poor neighbourhood and those living in an affluent neighbourhood in Rotterdam, I examine the role of the neighbourhood in the formation of personal networks. I address three issues. First, whether resource-poor people who live in a poor neighbourhood form relationships with fellow-residents to compensate for their otherwise small network. I find that they do not and that their small network is primarily caused by non-participation in settings such as study, work, leisure and associations. Second, I distinguish locally maintained relationships that have originated in other settings from locality-based relationships that originated in the neighbourhood. The study shows that high network localness is more a matter of maintaining relationships in the neighbourhood than forming many new locality-based relationships with fellow-residents. Third, I examine how the neighbourhood facilitates relationship formation and conclude that this happens not in ''the neighbourhood'' but in neighbourhood settings, which attract a particular segment of a neighbourhood population. I conclude that the problem of network poverty is not in the first place spatial but rather lies in lack of participation in certain settings. Furthermore, social mixing policies can only be successful if they are accompanied by initiatives to draw a mixed population to neighbourhood settings and facilitate routine encounters between resource-rich and resource-poor people.

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Does living in a poor neighbourhood result in network poverty? A study on local networks, locality-based relationships and neighbourhood settings

Eijk

2010

J Hous and the Built Environ

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“…Distinct class behaviors invariably lead to perceived social boundaries and often to sharp judgments as well, as ethnographic studies of ''street'' versus ''decent'' cultures at play in urban neighborhoods have found for more than a generation (e.g. Anderson 1991;Hannerz 1969;Small 2004;Pattillo 2007). What is important for our purposes is that the perceptions remained distinct and strongly negative, constituting a second avoidance factor in neighborhood choice over time.…”

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Struggling to stay out of high-poverty neighborhoods: housing choice and locations in moving to opportunity's first decade

Briggs

Comey

Weismann³

2010

Housing Policy Debate

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“…26 The physical features of a community are highly visible class markers, such that in Boston_s affluent South End, Bthe diffuse light of the low-set lamps betrays a sense of tranquility, discretion, and privilege^. 33 What then, does an abundance of 8-sheets, bulletins and wallscapes evoke, and what feelings are they likely to engender among residents?…”

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Ghettoizing Outdoor Advertising: Disadvantage and Ad Panel Density in Black Neighborhoods

Kwate

Lee

2006

J Urban Health

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This study investigated correlates of outdoor advertising panel density in predominantly African American neighborhoods in New York City. Research shows that black neighborhoods have more outdoor advertising space than white neighborhoods, and these spaces disproportionately market alcohol and tobacco advertisements. Thus, understanding the factors associated with outdoor advertising panel density has important implications for public health. We linked 2000 census data with property data at the census block group level to investigate two neighborhood-level determinants of ad density: income level and physical decay. Results showed that block groups were exposed to an average of four ad spaces per 1,000 residents and that vacant lot square footage was a significant positive predictor of ad density. An inverse relationship between median household income and ad density did not reach significance, suggesting that relative affluence did not protect black neighborhoods from being targeted for outdoor advertisements.

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Villa Victoria: The Transformation of Social Capital in a Boston Barrio

Cited by 132 publications

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Does living in a poor neighbourhood result in network poverty? A study on local networks, locality-based relationships and neighbourhood settings

Does living in a poor neighbourhood result in network poverty? A study on local networks, locality-based relationships and neighbourhood settings

Struggling to stay out of high-poverty neighborhoods: housing choice and locations in moving to opportunity's first decade

Ghettoizing Outdoor Advertising: Disadvantage and Ad Panel Density in Black Neighborhoods

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