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The value of the sense of community and neighbouring

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posted on 2024-11-02, 02:24 authored by Leila Mahmoudi Farahani
Today, urbanites are less involved in local communities which has resulted in a claim that the significance of local communities and the role of space and neighbourhood layout in the creation of local communities has been exaggerated. Such claims imply that feeling a sense of community among neighbourhood's residents or an attachment to the community is not a value to the neighbourhood. Community research has developed a few indices for evaluating the sense of community and community attachment, but has not focused on the significance of a sense of community in neighbourhoods. The aim of this paper is to explore and review the significance of the sense of community, community attachment and neighbouring in the context of neighbourhoods. This review suggests that feeling a sense of community, attachment to community and neighbouring relationships can increase the feeling of safety and security, residential satisfaction, community identity, civic participation and mental health and well-being.

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    DOI - Is published in 10.1080/14036096.2016.1155480
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    ISSN - Is published in 14036096

Journal

Housing, Theory and Society

Volume

33

Issue

3

Start page

357

End page

376

Total pages

20

Publisher

Taylor and Francis Scandinavia

Place published

Sweden

Language

English

Copyright

© 2016 IBF, The Institute for Housing and Urban Research

Former Identifier

2006069107

Esploro creation date

2020-06-22

Fedora creation date

2016-12-20

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