Quality of Community Life Among Rural Residents: An Integrated Model

Abstract

Quality of community life, Community satisfaction, Community attachment, Housing satisfaction, Spillover effects,

Exploring Factors Influencing Residents' Satisfaction with Tourism Development in Poverty-Stricken Areas: A Case Study of Five Poor Villages in China

“…In addition, it also had indirect effects on RSTD through the two constructs of "perceived benefits of tourism development" and "perceived costs of tourism development". These conclusions are consistent with the prior studies of Auh and Cook (2009) and Jurowski et al (1997). The causality among theses constructs relied on the logics: those who express more community attachment may also be more concerned with tourism and poverty alleviation, which in turn will impact their satisfaction with tourism development.…”

“…The causality among theses constructs relied on the logics: those who express more community attachment may also be more concerned with tourism and poverty alleviation, which in turn will impact their satisfaction with tourism development. According to Auh and Cook (2009), residents who live for more than 10 years in a community were more likely to be emotionally attached to the community and expressed more community satisfaction than short-term residents. In the five poor villages of this study, more than 69% of the residents have lived in local community for more than 10 years.…”

“…Six factors influencing RSTD were selected based on the previous studies that had examined the predictors of RSTD: perceived benefits of tourism development (Gursoy, Jurowski, & Uysal, 2002;Jurowski, Uysal, & Williams, 1997;Ko & Stewart, 2002), perceived costs of tourism development (Lankford, 1996), Exploring Factors Influencing RSTD in Poverty-Stricken Areas 519 residents' participation in tourism development (Bao & Sun, 2006), distribution of personal benefits from tourism (Ap, 1992;Gursoy & Rutherford, 2004;Ko & Stewart, 2002;Kwon & Vogt, 2010;Perdue, Long, & Allen, 1990), residents' expectations for tourism development (Liu, 2007;Teye & Leclerc, 1998;Wang, 2007), and community attachment (Auh & Cook, 2009;Pang & Guan, 1996).…”

“…Pang and Guan (1996) identified community attachment as one of the major positive predictors of residents' satisfaction with their community. Auh and Cook (2009) examined the relationship between rural residents' community attachment and community satisfaction and found that the more they were attached to a community, the more likely residents were to be satisfied with their community. As such, one additional hypothesis was formulated:…”

Assessing Nighttime Place Identity using Measurable Indicator Scoring Technique

“…Parkes et al (2002) showed that people in residence over five years were less likely to exhibit decreased neighbourhood satisfaction than others, suggesting that neighbourhood attachment increase in the five to ten years residence period including in the urban area. Moreover, Auh and Cook (2009) highlight that, residents who lived more than 5 years in the areas are likely to be emotionally attached to the place and express more community knowledge and pleasure than short-term residents. It is not just the identity of a place that is important, but also the identity that a person or group has with that place in particular whether they are experiencing it as an insider or an outsider (Relph, 1976).…”