scholarly journals Neighbourhood land use features, collective efficacy and local civic actions

Urban Studies ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (11) ◽  
pp. 2372-2390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Corcoran ◽  
Renee Zahnow ◽  
Rebecca Wickes ◽  
John Hipp
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Informal Social Control ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Civic Action ◽  
New Classification ◽  
Demographic Context

This paper explores the association between neighbourhood land use features and informal social control. More specifically, we examine the extent to which such features in combination with the socio-demographic context of the neighbourhood facilitate or impede collective efficacy and local civic actions. We achieve this through spatially integrating data from the census, topographic databases and a 2012 survey of 4132 residents from 148 neighbourhoods in Brisbane, Australia. The study creates a new classification of a neighbourhood’s physical environment by creating novel categories of land use features that depict social conduits, social holes and social wedges. Social conduits are features of the neighbourhood that facilitate interaction between individuals, social holes are land uses that create situations where there is no occupancy, and social wedges are features that carve up neighbourhoods. We find some evidence to suggest that residents’ reports of collective efficacy are higher in neighbourhoods with a greater density of social conduits. Density of social conduits is also positively associated with local civic action. However, in neighbourhoods with more greenspace, residents are less likely to engage in local civic actions.

Neighbourhood places, collective efficacy and crime: A longitudinal perspective

Urban Studies ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 004209802110088
Author(s):  
Renee Zahnow ◽  
Jonathan Corcoran ◽  
Anthony Kimpton ◽  
Rebecca Wickes
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Mixed Effects ◽  
Land Use Classification ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Panel Models ◽  
Over Time

Neighbourhood places like shops, cafes and parks support a variety of social interactions ranging from the ephemeral to the intimate. Repeated interactions at neighbourhood places over time lay the foundation for the development of social cohesion and collective efficacy. In this study, we examine the proposition that changes in the presence or arrangement of neighbourhood places can destabilise social cohesion and collective efficacy, which has implications for crime. Using spatially integrated crime, social survey and parcel-level land-use classification data, we estimate mixed effects panel models predicting changes in theft and nuisance crimes across 147 Australian neighbourhoods. The findings are consistent with neighbourhood social control and crime opportunity theories. Neighbourhood development – indicated by fewer vacant properties and fewer industrial and agricultural sites – is associated with higher collective efficacy and less crime over time. Conversely, introducing more restaurants, transit stations and cinemas is associated with higher theft and nuisance over time regardless of neighbourhood collective efficacy. We argue that the addition of socially conducive places can leave neighbourhoods vulnerable to crime until new patterns of sociability emerge and collective efficacy develops.

Perceptions of Collective Efficacy Among Single Mothers: Insights for Conceptualization and Measurement

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (17) ◽  
pp. 4019-4040 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila Barnhart ◽  
Michael C. Gearhart ◽  
Kathryn Maguire-Jack
Keyword(s):  
Social Control ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Teen Pregnancy ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Single Mother ◽  
Informal Social Control ◽  
Family Outcomes ◽  
Study Results

Neighborhoods with higher levels of collective efficacy are associated with more favorable family outcomes such as lower teen pregnancy rates and less antisocial behavior among children. Collective efficacy is traditionally measured by combining the constructs of social cohesion and informal social control, yet these two constructs may have unique influences on family outcomes. While prior studies have examined collective efficacy’s factor structure, there is limited understanding of this construct among single-mother families, who have unique social and economic characteristics. In this exploratory study, we tested a single-factor model and two-factor model separating social cohesion and informal social control to examine the underlying factor structure of collective efficacy with a diverse sample of 2,084 unmarried mothers who participated in the third wave in-home survey of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study. Results support that informal social control and social cohesion were best modeled as two distinct, but related, constructs.

scholarly journals USO E OCUPAÇÃO DA ORLA MARÍTIMA NOS MUNICÍPIOS DE TIBAU E GROSSOS (RN): MECANISMOS PARA UMA GESTÃO COSTEIRA INTEGRADA

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2617
Author(s):  
André Luiz Braga Silva ◽  
Maykon Targino Da Silva ◽  
Rodrigo Guimarães De Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Coastal Zone ◽  
Coastal Management ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Dynamic Environments ◽  
Coastal Regions ◽  
Urbanization Process ◽  
Integrated Coastal Management

As regiões costeiras são ambientes extremamente dinâmicos e agregam diferentes valores. Diante disso, o intuito da presente pesquisa foi realizar uma caracterização referente ao uso e a ocupação da orla marítima dos municípios de Grossos e Tibau (RN). Para isso, realizou-se a classificação da orla, segundo os conceitos do projeto Orla, e a quantificação da ocupação. Os resultados mostraram que as orlas marítimas de ambos os municípios possuem fortes interferências antrópicas, apresentando classes de orla marítima A, B e C. As classes encontradas evidenciaram os seguintes valores: 47% em processo de urbanização, 45% não urbanizada e 8% com urbanização consolidada. Assim, conclui-se que a área necessita de um plano de ordenamento do uso e ocupação do solo que seja concebido mediante o controle social, de modo que se possa obter uma Gestão Integrada das orlas marítimas.  Use and occupation of the coastline in the municipalities of Tibau and Grossos (RN): Mechanism for integrated coastal management A B S T R A C TThe coastal regions are extremely dynamic environments and add different values. Therefore, the aim this paper was to characterize the use and occupation of the coastal zone of the municipalities Grossos and Tibau (RN). For this, the classification of the coastal zone was carried out according to the concepts of the Orla project, and quantification of the occupation. The results showed that the coastal zone of both municipalities have strong anthropic interference, presenting classes of coastal zone A, B and C. The classes found showed the following values: 47%, in the urbanization process, 45% not urbanized and 8% with urbanization consolidated. Thus, it is concluded that the area needs a plan of land use and occupation that is conceived through social control, so that an integrated management of the coastal zone.Keywords: Coastal management, urbanization, sustainability.

scholarly journals Disagreement in Assessing Neighboring and Collective Efficacy: The Role of Social Distance

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 237802311876953 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Hipp ◽  
Seth A. Williams ◽  
Adam Boessen
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Error ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Informal Social Control ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
General Measure ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Whereas existing research typically treats variability in residents’ reports of collective efficacy and neighboring as measurement error, the authors consider such variability as of substantive interest in itself. This variability may indicate disagreement among residents with implications for the neighborhood collectivity. The authors propose using a general measure of social distance based on several social dimensions (rather than measures based on a single dimension such as racial/ethnic heterogeneity or income inequality) to help understand this variability in assessments. The authors use data from wave I (2001) of the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey ( n = 3,570) to aggregate respondents into egohoods of two different sizes: quarter-mile and half-mile radii. Consistent with expectations, neighborhoods with higher levels of general social distance have higher variability in reports of neighboring and the two components of collective efficacy, cohesion and informal social control.

scholarly journals Geotechnology applied to land classification in areas of the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. e28510615927
Author(s):  
Nivaldo Schultz ◽  
Kellis Fernanda Amancio Moreira ◽  
Isabela Beatriz Pereira da Cruz ◽  
Pedro Araújo Garcia ◽  
Luiz Carlos de Souza Filho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Soil Profiles ◽  
Land Classification ◽  
Effective Depth ◽  
Predominant Factor ◽  
Agricultural Areas

The objective of this study was to classify the lands of a micro-watershed located in the Atlantic forest biome, in a region of rough relief, in the use capacity system using geotechnology resources and indicate uses for the lands according to their suitability. The theoretical basis of the Manual for Utilitarian Survey and Classification of Land in the Use Capacity System with adaptations for areas of rough relief was adopted. The study was carried out from the survey of topographic information to construct the altimetric map of the watershed, followed by the survey of the physical environment, especially water erosion, description of soil profiles and collection of samples. The parameters effective depth, texture, permeability, slope, erosion, fertility, and land use were evaluated. Based on the pedological data and on the use of applied geotechnology, the soil map was created, and the lands of the watershed were classified and mapped in the use capacity system. After interpretation of the survey products, it was verified that in rough relief, slope is the predominant factor to determine the classes of land use, as it outweighs the other parameters evaluated. Land classification land with the use capacity system promotes optimization in the use of areas with agricultural areas and preservation of those destined for conservation.

scholarly journals Measuring Collective Efficacy

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross L. Matsueda ◽  
Kevin M. Drakulich
Keyword(s):  
Social Control ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Survey Response ◽  
Informal Social Control ◽  
Informal Control ◽  
Measurement Models ◽  
Level Model

This article specifies a multilevel measurement model for survey response when data are nested. The model includes a test–retest model of reliability, a confirmatory factor model of interitem reliability with item-specific bias effects, an individual-level model of the biasing effects due to respondent characteristics, and a neighborhood-level model of construct validity. We apply this model for measuring informal social control within collective efficacy theory. Estimating the model on 3,260 respondents nested within 123 Seattle neighborhoods, we find that measures of informal control show reasonable test–retest and interitem reliability. We find support for the hypothesis that respondents’ assessments of whether their neighbors would intervene in specific child deviant acts are related to whether they have observed such acts in the past, which is consistent with a cognitive model of survey response. Finally, we find that, when proper measurement models are not used, the effects of some neighborhood covariates on informal control are biased upward and the effect of informal social control on violence is biased downward.

scholarly journals Broken Windows, Informal Social Control, and Crime: Assessing Causality in Empirical Studies

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles C. Lanfear ◽  
Ross L. Matsueda ◽  
Lindsey R. Beach
Keyword(s):  
Social Control ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Informal Social Control ◽  
Broken Windows ◽  
Neighborhood Disorder ◽  
Made In ◽  
Control Theories

An important criminological controversy concerns the proper causal relationships between disorder, informal social control, and crime. The broken windows thesis posits that neighborhood disorder increases crime directly and indirectly by undermining neighborhood informal social control. Theories of collective efficacy argue that the association between neighborhood disorder and crime is spurious because of the confounding variable informal social control. We review the recent empirical research on this question, which uses disparate methods, including field experiments and different models for observational data. To evaluate the causal claims made in these studies, we use a potential outcomes framework of causality. We conclude that, although there is some evidence for both broken windows and informal control theories, there is little consensus in the present research literature. Furthermore, at present, most studies do not establish causality in a strong way.

scholarly journals Classification of Land Use Changes (Model Area: Nitra Town)

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Haladová ◽  
František Petrovič
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Classification ◽  
The Past ◽  
Industrial Parks ◽  
The Town

Abstract This paper deals with the new classification of land use changes. We chose Nitra town in Slovakia as a model area. We examined changes of land use for the period 2003-2013. The main result of this work is a table for types of land use changes and a map that shows the location of these changes in Nitra town. Nitra is constantly expanding its area and it is also significantly changing within its borders. Agriculturally used surroundings of the town are being transformed into build-up areas and industrial parks. This transformation causes a loss of agricultural land and vegetation, in general. Agriculture in this region has been gradually declining and disappearing in the past years. On the other side, urbanisation, technicisation and industrialisation are highly supported

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