The Social Neighborhood
An Unspecified Factor in Homeowner Maintenance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19331564 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George C Galster (College of Wooster), George Galster (0000-0001-5054-0898, College of Wooster), Garry Hesser (Augsburg University), Garry W Hesser (Augsburg University) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 235-254 |
| Publication date | 1982-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Affairs Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0042-0816 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/004208168201800205 |
| OpenAlex | W2315173574 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 24 |
This article analyzes both theoretically and empirically the relationship between owner-occupants' housing maintenance behavior and their social relationships within their neighborhoods. This "social dimension" of the neighborhood is posited as affecting maintenance through pressures for conforming to group housing standards. Hypotheses are derived from this theory and empirical tests are conducted using a sample of homeowners from Wooster, Ohio, in 1975. Through factor analysis a number of variables measuring an individual homeowner's social "attachment" to neighborhood are reduced to two dimensions: "commonality" and "integration." These factors are aggregated to form neighborhood levels of "cohesiveness." Both sets of attachment and cohesiveness factors are employed as independent variables in a multiple-regression analysis of maintenance frequency and expenditures, where the effects of homeowner characteristics, structural features, and physical and demographic dimensions of the neighborhood are controlled for. Results show that there is a significant relationship between both individual and aggregate measures of the social neighborhood and maintenance, but only when there exists a high aggregate level of neighborhood cohesiveness
Aggregate (composite) · Dimension (graph theory) · Econometrics · Group cohesiveness · Regression analysis · Sample (material) · Statistics · Variables · Housing Market and Economics · Mathematics · Place Attachment and Urban Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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Spatially concentrated renovation activity and housing appreciation in the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Neighborhood Perception and Housing Maintenance in Older Suburban Communities
The ecology of social networks in four urban neighborhoods
Maintenance of shared property in low‐income condominiums
Homebuyer choices and search behaviour in a distressed urban setting
Does new urbanist neighborhood design affect neighborhood turnover
Does residential stability lead to civic participation
The Influence of Social Involvement, Neighborhood Aesthetics, and Community Garden Participation on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
Strategic, Geographic Targeting of Housing and Community Development Resources
Property maintenance and residential integration
Community Participation and the Function of Rules
Symbolic communities
Measuring the Value of Housing Quality
Environmental Choice, Human Behavior, and Residential Satisfaction
Residential Satisfaction
The Urban NeighBorhood Its Analytical and Social Contexts
Empirical evidence on home improvements
Measuring the value of urban amenities
Rehabilitation decisions in rental housing
The effect of maintenance expenditures on the measurement of depreciation in housing
The effects of nonresidential land uses on the prices of adjacent housing
Residential Satisfaction as an Intervening Variable in Residential Mobility
Neighborhoods and Urban Development
An Econometric Analysis of Residential Amenity
Housing
House Prices and the Measurement of Externalities
Sociology
Networks, Neighborhoods, and Communities
The Loss of Community
Housing Norms, Housing Satisfaction and the Propensity to Move
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1984 - 2025 (42) |
| Highly cited | No |