Measures for community and neighborhood research / Mary L. Ohmer, Claudia Coulton, Darcy A. Freedman, Joanne L. Sobeck, Jamie Booth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ohmer, Mary L., author.

Coulton, Claudia J., author.

Freedman, Darcy A., author.

Sobeck, Joanne L., author.

Booth, Jaime, author.

Contributor:

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community development--Research--Methodology.

Community development.

Community organization--Research--Methodology.

Community organization.

Community psychology--Research--Methodology.

Community psychology.

Community-based social services--Research--Methodology.

Community-based social services.

Research.

Methodology.

Community psychology--Research.

Community organization--Research.

Community development--Research.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 464 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications Inc. ; London : SAGE Publications Ltd., [2019]

Summary:

"Measures for community and neighborhood research is the first book of its kind to compile measures focused on communities and neighborhoods in one accessible resource. Organized into two main sections, the first provides the rationale, structure and purpose, and analysis of methodological issues, along with a conceptual and theoretical framework; the second section contains 10 chapters that synthesize, analyze, and describe measures for community and neighborhood research, with tables that summarize highlighted measures. The book will get readers thinking about which aspects of the neighborhood may be most important to measure in different research designs and also help researchers, practitioners, funders, and others more closely examine the impact of their work in communities and neighborhoods"--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Introduction and purpose

Framework for community and neighborhood measurement

Methodological considerations for community and neighborhood measurement

Community readiness and capacity for change

Strategic collective action in communities

Social connections and processes in communities

Community empowerment and engagement

Community resources and resident satisfaction

The built environment influencing healthy living

Housing and neighborhood change

Community disorder, crime, and violence

Place-based social exclusion and inequity

Community well-being and quality of life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

ISBN:

9781483358369

1483358364

OCLC:

1017588490

Publisher Number:

99979009942