Building Community Facilities and Forming Social Capital in Public Rental Housing Complexes in Seoul, Korea

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ID21633698
AuthorsSungik Kang (0000-0002-9950-1264, Hanyang University, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume35
Issue2
Pages286-312
Publication date2025-03-04
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHousing Policy Debate (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1051-1482 • E-ISSN: 2152-050X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10511482.2024.2427281
OpenAlexW4404851539
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited57

This study analyzed the relationship between the use of community facilities and social capital in public rental housing complexes in Seoul, Korea. Since built environment research is particularly vulnerable to self-selection bias resulting from attitudes toward neighborly interactions, the behavioral–attitudinal dissonance method was used to assess whether the use of community facilities independently affects social capital, considering the cognitive and structural dimensions of social capital and types of public rental housing to account for socioeconomic diversity. The findings showed that community facility usage positively influences social capital formation among public rental housing residents, primarily those with a positive attitude toward neighborly interactions. Furthermore, community facility usage has a more pronounced effect on forming close neighborhoods compared with other elements of social capital. Finally, community facility usage had less impact on social capital formation among residents of socially mixed public rental housing compared with independent public rental housing

Business · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Labour economics · Political science · Public economics · Public housing · Rental housing · Renting · Social capital · Sociology · Korean Urban and Social Studies · Social Capital and Networks

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