Evaluation of Neighborhood Quality

Lansing, John B.; Marans, Robert W.

doi:10.1080/01944366908977953

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“…The value placed on the physical environment depends on a respondent's background. Although planners support the importance of physical characteristics, residents consider social factors more important in judging a neighborhood (Lansing & Marans, 1969). Newly arrived residents point out that physical appearance is the most important factor for residential satisfaction, but long-time residents mention stress factors (e.g., tension with neighbors, level of income of the neighborhood, inability to communicate with others, racial discrimination, crime, etc.)…”

Section: Features Associated With Neighborhood Satisfactionmentioning

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Factors That Influence Residents' Satisfaction With Neighborhoods

Hur

Morrow‐Jones

2008

Environment and Behavior

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This study focuses on homeowners' satisfaction with their neighborhoods, which is a major factor associated with a strong sense of community. Beginning with the assumption that there are neighborhood factors that influence residents' satisfaction and that these factors differ between satisfactory and unsatisfactory areas in a city, the authors use regression analysis to examine the relationships. Regression analysis showed that 14 variables were significantly related to neighborhood satisfaction. An analysis that focused on the satisfactory group of neighborhoods had a similar result. However, analysis that focused on the unsatisfactory group showed noticeable differences. For instance, safety and social problems were much more significant influences than physical factors in neighborhood satisfaction in unsatisfactory areas.

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Section: Features Associated With Neighborhood Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors That Influence Residents' Satisfaction With Neighborhoods

Hur

Morrow‐Jones

2008

Environment and Behavior

211

162

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“…Perceptions of nearby nature also influence residential satisfaction in single and multiple family housing clustered together (Talbot and Kaplan, 1991). Other attributes that have been identified as important contributors to neighborhood satisfaction include upkeep and maintenance of homes and yards (Lansing and Marans, 1969;Sirgy and Cornwell, 2002), sense of safety (Cook, 1988), place to live (Ahlbrandt and Cunningham, 1979;Dahmann, 1981;Lu, 1999), appearance of the neighborhood (Parkes et al, 2002), and overall satisfaction (Galster and Hesser, 1981), as well as age, life cycle stage, income level, family size, home ownership, etc. (Francescato et al, 1987;Lu, 1999).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Retail land use, neighborhood satisfaction and the urban forest: an investigation into the moderating and mediating effects of trees and shrubs

Ellis¹,

Lee²,

Kweon³

2006

Landscape and Urban Planning

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“…Without trying to develop the issue of advocacy planning (Gans, 1969), it is worth considering whether, in the lives of many people, scenic analysis is truly relevant when they cannot gain a good education, job, housing, or nutrition. Professionals in many fields tend to have relatively homogeneous tastes and criteria as a result of their training (Sewell, 1971), and it has been shown (Lansing and Marans, 1969) that their tastes and criteria do not always mesh with the values held by those who are the nominal constituency. This review, nonetheless, will be limited to a survey of selected pragmatic aspects of scenic analysis and the examination of applications.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%