The impacts of a school closure on neighbourhood social cohesion: narratives from Invercargill, New Zealand

Witten, Karen; McCreanor, Tim; Kearns, Robin; Ramasubramanian, Laxmi

doi:10.1016/s1353-8292(01)00023-5

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“…The reduction in services-and, consequently, a reduction in the quality of the neighbourhood-could be a reason for people to leave the neighbourhood (Van Ham and Feijten, 2008;Verwest, 2011). The closure of primary schools (Forsythe, 1984;Witten et al, 2001;Egelund and Laustsen, 2006), public transportation links (DETR, 2000), community centres, and other public sector services have been related to the quality of neighbourhoods (Kearns and Mason, 2007), and could therefore be part of the self-reinforcing process of population decline.…”

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The self-reinforcing effects of population decline: An analysis of differences in moving behaviour between rural neighbourhoods with declining and stable populations

Elshof

Wissen

Mulder

2014

Journal of Rural Studies

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The consequences of population decline are present at different geographical scales and are often believed to be self-reinforcing. This means that population decline possibly causes changes in the living environment, which brings about more population decline. This research analysed if population decline at the neighbourhood level has an effect on the probability to move out or within rural neighbourhoods in North-Netherlands. It was expected that a preceding decline of the population in the neighbourhood increased the probability to move out of the neighbourhood, but that this effect differed for categories of the population and for moves over short and long distance. Using register data and additional surveys for 2006, a multinomial logistic regression model was constructed to estimate the effects of a preceding decline of neighbourhood populations on the probability to move over short and long distances for different categories of the population. It was found that a preceding decline of the neighbourhood population increased the probability to move out of the neighbourhood. However, this effect was only found for moves out of the neighbourhood up to 10 kilometres of especially young adults, couples with children, and people aged 65 to 75. Moreover, by calculating estimated probabilities of moving out of neighbourhoods with declining and stable populations, it was shown that the difference between actual numbers of people moving out of these two types of neighbourhoods, was small and could therefore take a long time to have serious impact on the neighbourhood population.

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Section: Population Decline As a Self-reinforcing Processmentioning

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The self-reinforcing effects of population decline: An analysis of differences in moving behaviour between rural neighbourhoods with declining and stable populations

Elshof

Wissen

Mulder

2014

Journal of Rural Studies

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“…The community as an important societal 'social glue' is a common theme (Gordon, 2004;Morrow, 2005;Van Vugt & Hart, 2004;Witten et al, 2001). Communities are made up of physical, structural and human resources, which along with social, cultural and built assets, create 'community capital' (Callaghan & Colton, 2008).…”

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“…When Surrey Park School in Invercargill closed, parents were afraid of losing their social networks and connections (Witten et al, 2001). The school was a site of accumulated goodwill over many generations.…”

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“…Whether the schools were in Taranaki or Invercargill, researchers reported the negative emotional, social, financial and educational impacts of these policies (see, for example, Kearns, Lewis, McCreanor, & Witten, 2009;Witten, McCreanor, Kearns, & Ramasubramanian, 2001;Witten, Kearns, Lewis, Coster & McCreanor, 2003). From 2013, using the Canterbury earthquakes as justification, communities were again subject to wholesale school closures and mergers.…”

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Winners and losers: School closures in post-earthquake Canterbury and the dissolution of community

Mutch

2017

Waikato Journal of Education

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“…Amiguinho 6 refere que o reordenamento da rede escolar só tem sentido se os projectos educativos forem congruentes com as matrizes socioculturais em que se territorializam, favorecendo a «promoção dos valores locais e das raízes, a reconstrução de identidades sócio-pessoais e locais, a produção de sociabilidades e o equacionamento e solução de problemas comuns». Já anteriormente, em 1999, João Ferrão 7 , defendia que a reorganização da rede escolar do 1º ciclo devia ter em consideração o encerramento dos esta-__________________ 3 Melo (1994) 4 Covas (2007) 5 Witten et al (2001) 6 Amiguinho (2005) 7 Ferrão (1999) belecimentos, a recentralização de escolas com melhores acessibilidades, a constituição de redes de escolas próximas, tendo sempre como referência a mobilidade dos alunos, docentes, ou a integração em equipamentos multiuso, entre outras redes de apoio.…”

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Desenvolvimento rural: novos desafios e novas oportunidades

Marques¹,

Silva²

2011

Trunfos De Uma Geografia Activa: Desenvolvimento Local, Ambiente, Ordenamento E Tecnologia

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A navegação consulta e descarregamento dos títulos inseridos nas Bibliotecas Digitais UC Digitalis, UC Pombalina e UC Impactum, pressupõem a aceitação plena e sem reservas dos Termos e Condições de Uso destas Bibliotecas Digitais, disponíveis em https://digitalis.uc.pt/pt-pt/termos.Conforme exposto nos referidos Termos e Condições de Uso, o descarregamento de títulos de acesso restrito requer uma licença válida de autorização devendo o utilizador aceder ao(s) documento(s) a partir de um endereço de IP da instituição detentora da supramencionada licença.Ao utilizador é apenas permitido o descarregamento para uso pessoal, pelo que o emprego do(s) título(s) descarregado(s) para outro fim, designadamente comercial, carece de autorização do respetivo autor ou editor da obra. Na medida em que todas as obras da UC Digitalis se encontram protegidas pelo Código do Direito de Autor e Direitos Conexos e demais legislação aplicável, toda a cópia, parcial ou total, deste documento, nos casos em que é legalmente admitida, deverá conter ou fazer-se acompanhar por este aviso. Desenvolvimento rural: novos desafios e novas oportunidades Autor(es):Marques, Hélder; Silva, ÂngelaPublicado por: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra

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The impacts of a school closure on neighbourhood social cohesion: narratives from Invercargill, New Zealand

Cited by 91 publications

References 31 publications

The self-reinforcing effects of population decline: An analysis of differences in moving behaviour between rural neighbourhoods with declining and stable populations

The self-reinforcing effects of population decline: An analysis of differences in moving behaviour between rural neighbourhoods with declining and stable populations

Winners and losers: School closures in post-earthquake Canterbury and the dissolution of community

Desenvolvimento rural: novos desafios e novas oportunidades

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