On measuring and explaining neighbourhood success [electronic resource] : a behavioural economic approach / Carlinde Adriaanse.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Adriaanse, Carlinde (Cathariana Cornelia Martina), 1964-

Series:

Sustainable urban areas ; 41.

Sustainable urban areas, 1574-6410 ; 41.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Economic aspects.

City planning.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : IOS Press, under the imprint Delft University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study combines qualitative and quantitative research methods to explain which factors contribute to a problem-free or problematic functioning of neighbourhoods in general and especially of Dutch neighbourhoods that were built in the first years after World War II. An important part of the book is about the development of measuring instruments. Special attention is given to the development of a risk scale that offers researchers and policymakers the opportunity to distinguish on a metric level between problematic and successful neighbourhoods. This book brings together key insights from

Contents:

Title page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Measuring residential satisfaction: a residential environmental satisfaction scale (RESS); The Dutch Residential Nuisance Scale: an outcome measure for reported nuisance in subgroup analysis; The relationship between risk factors, nuisance and residential environmental satisfaction; The importance of norms: behavioural game theory as a tool to understand neighbourhood events; Mutual trust and verbal sanctioning as proximate causes of a viable residential social climate; Conclusion and discussion; Samenvatting (Dutch summary); Curriculum vitae

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Thesis (doctoral)--Technische Universiteit Delft, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

6613289906

1-283-28990-3

9786613289902

1-60750-787-0

OCLC:

756484744