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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818354303321

Autore

Adriaanse Carlinde (Cathariana Cornelia Martina), <1964->

Titolo

On measuring and explaining neighbourhood success [[electronic resource] ] : a behavioural economic approach / / Carlinde Adriaanse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : IOS Press, under the imprint Delft University Press, , 2011

ISBN

6613289906

1-283-28990-3

9786613289902

1-60750-787-0

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 pages)

Collana

Sustainable urban areas, , 1574-6410 ; ; 41.

Disciplina

330.01

330.015193

Soggetti

City planning - Economic aspects

Sustainable development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Measuring residential satisfaction: a residential environmental satisfaction scale (RESS); The Dutch Residential Nuisance Scale: an outcome measure for reported nuisance in subgroup analysis; The relationship between risk factors, nuisance and residential environmental satisfaction; The importance of norms: behavioural game theory as a tool to understand neighbourhood events; Mutual trust and verbal sanctioning as proximate causes of a viable residential social climate; Conclusion and discussion; Samenvatting (Dutch summary); Curriculum vitae

Sommario/riassunto

This study combines qualitative and quantitative research methods to explain which factors contribute to a problem-free or problematic functioning of neighbourhoods in general and especially of Dutch neighbourhoods that were built in the first years after World War II. An important part of the book is about the development of measuring instruments. Special attention is given to the development of a risk scale that offers researchers and policymakers the opportunity to distinguish on a metric level between problematic and successful



neighbourhoods. This book brings together key insights from