scholarly journals Place and city: Operationalizing sense of place and social capital in the urban context

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 503-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Acedo ◽  
Marco Painho ◽  
Sven Casteleyn
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Urban Context

Trust and Social Capital in the Old City of Hyderabad: A Study of Self-Help Groups of Women, India

2021 ◽  
pp. 0972558X2110047
Author(s):  
Rosina Nasir
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Mutual Trust ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Financial Success ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Rational Choices ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
Formation Of Groups

Why do people trust each other? Do people form groups through mutual trust or self-interest? How does the theory of rational choice and accompanying individualism affect the concept of social capital? Are social cohesiveness in groups and financial success related? Such questions generate interest in conditions promoting association and group emergence, such as trust, reliability, reciprocity, and shared values, which are inherent factors for cohesion. Self-help groups (SHGs) in an urban context are used to comprehend the aforementioned questions. The proposed study is based on the following hypothesis: the formation of groups is not based on trust but on material- and non-material- need-based individual rational choices that force them to cooperate with each other. It is found that a sense of insecurity among migrant women, an emotional need, led the formation of the imagined communities and has paved the way to construct trust. Thus, trust is found to be secondary in construction and sustainability of social capital. Castes, regions, and religions are strong factors; however, they are found to be less effective for the migrants than native SHG members. Therefore, among migrants, trust channelized itself vertically around a sense of fear.

scholarly journals Sense of place and the city: the case of non-native residents in Lisbon

2021 ◽  
pp. 125-155
Author(s):  
Vicente Tang ◽  
Albert Acedo ◽  
Marco Painho
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Environmental Psychology ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Short Term ◽  
New City ◽  
The City ◽  
Over Time

When immigrants move to a new city, they tend to develop distinct relationships with the urban landscape, which in turn becomes the new setting of their routine-based activities that evolve over time. Previous works in environmental psychology have quantitatively examined non-native residents' development of sense of place towards their new environment. In this paper, we introduce the spatial perspective into studying the sense of place experienced by non-natives in an urban context. We study the person-place bonds, relationships, and feelings cultivated by non-native residents living in the city of Lisbon (Portugal) through an online map-based survey. Then, we carried out spatial analysis aimed at distinguishing and visualizing the different facets of sense of place developed by two participant groups: short-term residents and long-term residents. Results showed that while short-term residents reported bonds with places, long-term residents' senses of place were more intense and broader throughout the city. The correlations, associations, and relationships between participant groups and the dimensions of sense of place allowed us to observe features and patterns that were previously described in the literature, although adding the spatial lenses can potentially provide better insights for urban planning, community development, and inclusive policies.

scholarly journals Place and City: Toward Urban Intelligence

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Acedo ◽  
Marco Painho ◽  
Sven Casteleyn ◽  
Stéphane Roche
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Spatial Clustering ◽  
Natural Habitat ◽  
Spatial Relationship ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Place Studies ◽  
Spatial Dimensions

Place, as a concept, is subject to a lively, ongoing discussion involving different disciplines. However, most of these discussions approach the issue without a geographic perspective, which is the natural habitat of a place. This study contributes to this discourse through the exploratory examination of urban intelligence utilizing the geographical relationship between sense of place and social capital at the collective and individual level. Using spatial data collected through a web map-based survey, we perform an exhaustive examination of the spatial relationship between sense of place and social capital. We found a significant association between sense of place and social capital from a spatial point of view. Sense of place and social capital spatial dimensions obtain a non-disjoint relationship for approximately half of the participants and a spatial clustering when they are aggregated. This research offers a new exploratory perspective for place studies in the context of cities, and simultaneously attempts to depict a platial–social network based on sense of place and social capital, which cities currently lack.

Go Out and Reconnect

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 433-458
Author(s):  
Pilvi Posio
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Community Resilience ◽  
Community Networks ◽  
Built Environments ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Post Disaster

Abstract This article contributes to research on community resilience by discussing the relationship of sense of place and social capital. On 11 March 2011, Japan was struck by the Great East Japan Disaster, also known as the 3.11 disaster, which greatly damaged, if not entirely destroyed, built environments and dislocated pre-disaster community networks. Although researchers have increasingly emphasised the importance of social capital to community resilience, the reconstruction of people–place relations in post-disaster settings has remained understudied. Based on an analysis of data collected during eight months of ethnographic fieldwork on long-term recovery in Yamamoto, Japan, this article explains how locals there have renegotiated social networks and their sense of place during their temporal, spatial, and social reorientation following the disaster. Overall, the findings reveal how community resilience can be characterised by a co-constructive relationship of sense of place and social capital.

scholarly journals BUILDING SOCIAL CAPITAL: LESSONS FROM A SWISS ACTION-RESEARCH INTERVENTION

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S174-S174
Author(s):  
Annahita Ehsan
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
The South ◽  
Geographic Space ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
The North

Abstract Social capital interventions to promote healthy aging seem promising, but recent evidence has questioned how social capital is constructed. In order to understand how social capital is built among older adults, this study draws from the diagnostic phase of one ‘Neighbourhoods in Solidarity’ (NS) intervention, which uses action research to promote wellbeing for older adults (55+) in Swiss communities. These findings arose from ethnographic fieldwork with 77 hours of observation during group gatherings and informal interviews with participants who identified and debated issues in their community. It became evident that the geographic space and the sense of identity that citizens attached to it (herein referred to as ‘place’) played a role in how the NS intervention developed. The community was divided into two groups with distinct identities: one in the north and one in the south. The sense of place for both groups was simultaneously disrupted when outsiders moved to both areas, exacerbating tensions. The NS brought the two groups together and helped develop social capital between them. This was highlighted by the changing willingness of citizens to navigate unfamiliar spaces, to create social ties, and to trust others. The NS helped create a new sense of place for citizens, which ultimately facilitated the creation of social capital in the community. The findings suggest that identities are dynamic and play a role in constructing social capital, as well as who benefits from social capital and who may be excluded. Lessons from this research may inform future social capital interventions.

scholarly journals Understanding the effects of urban design on urban wellbeing

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Janik
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Urban Residents ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Urban Greenery ◽  
Built Form ◽  
The Relationship

This major research paper examines the relationship between urban design and wellbeing in an urban context. Urban wellbeing is analyzed across the built environment features of urban greenery, walkability, and density, and examined through the wellbeing dimensions of mental health, physical health, and social capital. Through a major literature review, this research highlights urban design elements and built form typologies that are strongly linked with improved wellbeing amongst urban residents. The literature also informs the analysis of two City of Toronto Secondary Plans and evaluates whether, and how, the policies address urban wellbeing through urban design. Key words: urban design, urban wellbeing, health, social capital, greenery, walkability, density

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