How Theory and Research Inform Citizen Participation in Poor Communities: The Ecological Perspective and Theories on Self- and Collective Efficacy and Sense of Community

Ohmer, Mary L.

doi:10.1080/10911350903126999

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“…Michael (an app user in 2013) describes "camping folk" as "reasonable and honest, or even if they're not, they tend to be when they're camping". This is reinforced by a sense of attachment to the campsite which reflects a neighbourhood affect, where people with positive feelings about a location and an identity associated with the neighbourhood are more likely to engage in community actions (John, Fieldhouse, & Liu, 2011;Ohmer, 2010). This reflects Kempen and Wissink's (2014) view that contemporary neighbourhood must be re-imagined and has emerged in new ways.…”

Section: Tourism and Social Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tourism communities and social ties: the role of online and offline tourist social networks in building social capital and sustainable practice

Dickinson

Filimonau

Hibbert

et al. 2016

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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Mobile connectivity enables the adoption of new ways to connect with social networks which are changing how we might, and could, seek support. In the tourism domain we increasingly blend online and offline presence to engage with social networks in the spatial location, at a distance and across time. This paper explores the forms of community that exist in physical tourism contexts, contexts not previously analysed through a community lens, and explores how mobile technology is creating connections within and beyond existing social networks. It examines how sustainable tourism can be enhanced by mobile connectivity through new spaceÀtime practices and using ephemeral interpersonal relationships to harness niche groups to create bottom-up social systems interested in sharing experiences, ideas and resources. Special attention is given to the concept of gelling socialities which proposes a less ridged network structure, and to the need to understand the increasingly liquid social dynamics of mobile social interactions. The paper adds to the theories surrounding community, social ties and tourism's value to society. It draws on data from in-depth interviews undertaken while designing and testing a collaborative travel app. It contributes to growing research into the new technologies increasingly available for sustainable tourism marketing and implementation.

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Section: Tourism and Social Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tourism communities and social ties: the role of online and offline tourist social networks in building social capital and sustainable practice

Dickinson

Filimonau

Hibbert

et al. 2016

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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“…Poor disadvantaged communities are often perceived as hostile environments. This is because the children of these communities are often exposed to crime, poverty, unemployment, neighborhood decay and social isolation [4]. The US Census Bureau describes two types of poor communities.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The other is an impoverished area that includes census tracts where at least 40% of residents are characterized as poor. Both of these types are exhibit inadequate educational, medical and mental health services, and higher levels of juvenile delinquency and crime [4].…”

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“…It represents the construction of communal trust and social cohesion along with mutual expectations for intervening in support of community social control. Neighborhood collective efficacy is linked to positive outcomes in lower socio-economic communities by "decreasing crime and delinquency and increasing positive peer attachments among youth" [4].…”

Section: Theory Of Collective Efficacymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Inner City Quality of Life: A Case Study of Community Consciousness and Safety Perceptions among Neighborhood Residents

Lewis¹,

Ford‐Robertson²,

Dennard³

2016

OALib

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This research effort examines two aspects of quality of life within an inner city neighborhood: community connectedness and safety. Based on the current literature, it was hypothesized that inner city residents would exhibit relatively low levels of community connectedness as well as low levels of perceived safe living conditions in their community. These two broad areas were analyzed by utilizing a variety of predictor variables including age cohorts, race, gender, educational attainment, employment status, and length of community resident status. Data collection was accomplished through surveying adult residents by utilizing a systematic random sample design. The research findings suggested that resident perceptions of the neighborhood were quite different from the general assertions made about inner city neighborhoods in the extant literature. Overall, residents indicated they felt safe across a number of safety indicators with race, educational attainment, employment status, age, and length of residence in the neighborhood having relatively no influence on these perceptions. Regarding community connectedness perceptions, resident responses were quite positive. Based on the findings, the research hypothesis was not supported.

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“…Previous research argued that perceptions of neighborhood physical environment associated with attractiveness, aesthetics, greenery or leisurely walking played as much role in shaping behavior as actual personal characteristics (Wood, et al, 2010;Ellaway et al, 2005;Saelens et al, 2004). Poor neighborhoods are transactional settings that can negatively impact human behavior and development (Ohmer, 2010). On the other hand, studies also noted that personal emotional experience also influences the attitude and its perception toward their environment.…”

Section: Sense Of Community (Soc) and Its Componentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Adults' Formation of Sense of Community through Environmental Autobiography

Kim¹

2012

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In contemporary Korean society, urban community environment is often associated with high-density and high-rise residences that make people's relationships superficial, instrumental and impersonal. Furthermore, urban community consistently interplays with neighboring residents and childhood emotional experience are influential on their unconscious images and attitude about their current neighborhood environment, while affecting the environmental attitude and the formation of community sense. Previous research found evidences that increased level of community sense is fostering more feeling of living in so-called "real neighborhood environment. " This study aimed to cross-culturally examine what the respondents' emotional perception and their attitude were about the community environment in their childhood through environmental autobiography method and to examine the effects of the results on adults' formation of sense of community for their current community environment. Extensive literature review explored a few important theoretical framework which are closely related to sense of community (SOC) as a result of emotional experience: membership, influence, integration and fulfillment of needs, shared emotional connection and community satisfaction. Chi-square and GLM analysis revealed that there were no demographic, and socio-economic differences between two groups of Korean and US residents. Correlation analysis indicated that childhood emotional experience of Koreans and US citizens was statistically significant on sense of community for their current living community. Multi-regression analysis also found that the degree of influence were the main predictors for building strong sense of current community throughout a cross-cultural group. Furthermore, the relationship between various emotional experience of each factor in previous and current community environment were statistically significantly related. It is concluded that as the positive childhood experience of influence in their past community was going up, the level of sense of community for their current community was strengthened across their crosscultural background.

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How Theory and Research Inform Citizen Participation in Poor Communities: The Ecological Perspective and Theories on Self- and Collective Efficacy and Sense of Community

Cited by 42 publications

References 43 publications

Tourism communities and social ties: the role of online and offline tourist social networks in building social capital and sustainable practice

Tourism communities and social ties: the role of online and offline tourist social networks in building social capital and sustainable practice

Inner City Quality of Life: A Case Study of Community Consciousness and Safety Perceptions among Neighborhood Residents

A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Adults' Formation of Sense of Community through Environmental Autobiography

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