Migration Decisions of Transfer Applicants in the Council Housing Sector
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4749545 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geoffrey C Smith (University of Manitoba), Robert Ford (0000-0002-9465-2282, University of Birmingham), R G Ford (University of Birmingham) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 153-173 |
| Publication date | 1985-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/a170153 |
| OpenAlex | W1967564696 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 22 |
In this paper, the migration decisions of intending-transfer households in the council housing sector of Birmingham, England are investigated. The decisions are broadly conceptualized within the two main phases of the Brown-Moore model of residential mobility: (1) the decision to seek a new residence, and (2) the relocation decision (specifically, search behaviour and evaluation procedures). The data are based on an interview survey of transfer applicants on six contrasting council estates. The findings disclose that, although many households are dissatisfied with their present estate, 'dwelling needs' constitute the most important category of reasons for seeking a transfer. In terms of the relocation decision, most households exhibit highly constrained search spaces, and they evaluate alternative council estates on the basis of such factors as level of security, social character, general state of repair, and accessibility. Important variations are revealed among the decisionmaking procedures of subgroups of households defined according to (a) the type of estate where they reside prior to the proposed move, and (b) family life-cycle criteria
Actuarial science · Business · Demographic economics · Economics · Estate · Political science · Public economics · Real estate · Relocation · Residence · Social security · Town council · Computer Science · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Public Administration · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Finance
Changing Residence in the City
Behavioral aspects of the decision to migrate
The Intra-Urban Migration Process
The Intra‐urban Migration Process
Residents and their preferences
Migration as an Adjustment to Environmental Stress
Residential Mobility and Preference Patterns in the Public Sector of the Housing Market
Selection and Allocation in Council Housing
Evaluating the quality of the residential environment in a deprived council estate
The Family Life Cycle, Leisure Activities, and Residential Area Evaluation
Directional Bias in Intra-Urban Migration
Neighborhood Evaluation in Residential Mobility
Place Attributes in a Migration Decision Context
Difficult-to-Let', 'Difficult-to-Live-in', and Sometimes 'Difficult-to-Get-out-of
Spatial Patterns in Suburban Evaluations
The Evaluation of Urban Neighbourhoods 2
Social Patterns in Cities
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 1994 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |