Peter Hall
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861349842
- eISBN:
- 9781447302711
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861349842.003.0012
- Subject:
- Sociology, Urban and Rural Studies
This chapter looks at some of the most basic social relationships; the ways in which people relate to other people within their local area. This proves difficult to generalise, because of the great ...
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This chapter looks at some of the most basic social relationships; the ways in which people relate to other people within their local area. This proves difficult to generalise, because of the great variation that exists in social relationships. Some neighbourhood residents spoke of knowing many dozens of people while others claimed to barely know of anyone beyond their front door. Many factors influence this range of social experience. Among them include rate of turnover, level of cultural homogeneity, layout and design. Yet on the whole, in most neighbourhoods, there is a general and widespread system of reciprocity wherein people watch each other's houses and perform small errands in specific circumstances. Discussions include: the sense of uncertainty for the new arrivals; difficult neighbours and incompatible neighbourhoods; importance of geography and layout; social networks and social capital; and a sense of neighbourhood.Less
This chapter looks at some of the most basic social relationships; the ways in which people relate to other people within their local area. This proves difficult to generalise, because of the great variation that exists in social relationships. Some neighbourhood residents spoke of knowing many dozens of people while others claimed to barely know of anyone beyond their front door. Many factors influence this range of social experience. Among them include rate of turnover, level of cultural homogeneity, layout and design. Yet on the whole, in most neighbourhoods, there is a general and widespread system of reciprocity wherein people watch each other's houses and perform small errands in specific circumstances. Discussions include: the sense of uncertainty for the new arrivals; difficult neighbours and incompatible neighbourhoods; importance of geography and layout; social networks and social capital; and a sense of neighbourhood.
Craig Johnstone and Gordon MacLeod
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861348159
- eISBN:
- 9781447303329
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861348159.003.0005
- Subject:
- Sociology, Urban and Rural Studies
This chapter investigates the approach to urban renewal adopted by Great Britain's New Labour government in the early years of the twenty-first century. It highlights the modification of the ...
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This chapter investigates the approach to urban renewal adopted by Great Britain's New Labour government in the early years of the twenty-first century. It highlights the modification of the geographical horizons of New Labour's urban-renewal agenda and examines the substantive significance of liveability to the sustainable communities agenda. The chapter attempts to interpret the broader implications of the sustainablecommunities liveability agenda through the lens of a range of distinct conceptual approaches. It argues that if we accept that anti-social behaviour might be stemmed by reducing residential turnover, the sustainable communities plan may be effective by its efforts to create places people want to live and remain in.Less
This chapter investigates the approach to urban renewal adopted by Great Britain's New Labour government in the early years of the twenty-first century. It highlights the modification of the geographical horizons of New Labour's urban-renewal agenda and examines the substantive significance of liveability to the sustainable communities agenda. The chapter attempts to interpret the broader implications of the sustainablecommunities liveability agenda through the lens of a range of distinct conceptual approaches. It argues that if we accept that anti-social behaviour might be stemmed by reducing residential turnover, the sustainable communities plan may be effective by its efforts to create places people want to live and remain in.
