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Editor's Introduction, 2012
In: Environment and behavior: eb ; publ. in coop. with the Environmental Design Research Association, Band 44, Heft 2, S. 159-165
ISSN: 1552-390X
Book Reviews
In: Environment and behavior: eb ; publ. in coop. with the Environmental Design Research Association, Band 23, Heft 5, S. 630-636
ISSN: 1552-390X
South Africa: public policy perspectives edited by Schrire Robert Cape Town, Juta, 1982. Pp. viii + 374. R24.50
In: The journal of modern African studies: a quarterly survey of politics, economics & related topics in contemporary Africa, Band 22, Heft 4, S. 670-672
ISSN: 1469-7777
South Africa: Public Policy Perspectives
In: The journal of modern African studies: a quarterly survey of politics, economics & related topics in contemporary Africa, Band 22, Heft 4, S. 670-672
ISSN: 0022-278X
THE IMPACT OF MALE LABOUR MIGRATION ON WOMEN IN BOTSWANA
In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Band 82, Heft 328, S. 367-388
ISSN: 1468-2621
The Impact of Male Labour Migration on Women in Botswana
In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Band 82, Heft 328, S. 367-388
ISSN: 0001-9909
Migration in search of employment is a common phenomenon today, yet there has been little in-depth study of the effects of this migration on women. Most of the existing literature assumes that migration is a rational response to a given range of resources & choices & that, as such, the family unit, including women members, benefits from it. This view oversimplifies the situation. In Botswana, high levels of M outmigration have transformed women's SE position. These changes are described. The issue of F dependence on M wage earners & through them on the capitalist sector is also discussed, an issue that has generated considerable controversy in studies on women. A number of recent works have argued that women & men are mutually dependent, needing not only cash from wages but also children & crops in order to insure family survival. However, this argument fails to perceive the reality of different levels of dependence of women & men on each other & their relationship to the capitalist sector. 3 Tables. Modified AA.
Student Peer evaluation
In: New political science: official journal of the New Political Science Caucus with APSA, Band 1, Heft 2-3, S. 124-125
ISSN: 1469-9931
The Residents' Benefits and Concerns Before and After a New Rail Stop: Do Residents Get What They Expect?
In: Environment and behavior: eb ; publ. in coop. with the Environmental Design Research Association, Band 43, Heft 6, S. 789-806
ISSN: 1552-390X
Transit-oriented developments are touted as providing a variety of social benefits, but personal benefits to residents are underresearched. The authors surveyed 51 residents before and after a new light rail stop was constructed in their revitalizing Salt Lake City neighborhood. Residents anticipated and then later experienced increased housing and neighborhood economic values, enhanced sense of community, and improved neighborhood reputation. Residents experienced greater than anticipated pedestrian and child safety after rail service started. Compared with resident perceptions of walkable neighborhoods elsewhere, the Salt Lake residents perceived their neighborhood to be denser, and offering less land-use diversity and more crime safety problems. Perceived walkability increased, with residents reporting greater land-use diversity and neighborhood satisfaction after rail stop completion. However, residents said more stores, parks and trails, and trees would improve walkability. These results show the personal benefits residents desire to make transit-oriented living a satisfying residential alternative.
Guest Editor's Introduction: Physical Environments, Physical Activity, and Diet: Environment-Behavior Perspectives
In: Environment and behavior: eb ; publ. in coop. with the Environmental Design Research Association, Band 39, Heft 1, S. 3-5
ISSN: 1552-390X
Social Cohesiveness, Territoriality, and Holiday Decorations: The Influence of Cul-de-Sacs
In: Environment and behavior: eb ; publ. in coop. with the Environmental Design Research Association, Band 17, Heft 5, S. 539-565
ISSN: 1552-390X
Altman's territoriality theory was used as a framework for examining neighborhood attachment. We hypothesized that attachment would be manifested in interrelated patterns of neighboring behaviors, attitudes indicating that the block was a secondary territory, and individual and communal displays of holiday decorations. Design features of cul-de-sacs were hypothesized to contribute to greater degrees of block attachment on cul-de-sacs than on through streets. Attachment was assessed through interviews with female residents and observations of holiday decorations on the target home and its block at Halloween and Christmas. Analyses indicated that attitudes and behaviors did combine to reflect degrees of neighborhood attachment, and neighborhood ties were stronger on cul-de-sacs than on through streets. Decorating at both Halloween and Christmas tended to be a block phenomenon (if the target home was decorated, so were the neighbors' homes); decorating at each time was related to aspects of neighborhood attachment. The results indicated that attachment can be a multilevel phenomenon that is related to the street's environmental design. The influence of street form is discussed as a facilitator rather than a cause of attachment.
Conflicts, friendship cliques and territorial displays in senior center environments
In: Journal of aging studies, Band 20, Heft 3, S. 237-252
ISSN: 1879-193X
Mapping Urban Revitalization: Using GIS Spatial Analysis to Evaluate a New Housing Policy
In: Journal of prevention & intervention in the community, Band 37, Heft 1, S. 48-65
ISSN: 1540-7330
New Housing as Neighborhood Revitalization: Place Attachment and Confidence Among Residents
In: Environment and behavior: eb ; publ. in coop. with the Environmental Design Research Association, Band 36, Heft 6, S. 749-775
ISSN: 1552-390X
Neighborhood revitalization efforts include building new subdivisions in declining neighborhoods, but few studies have asked the incoming residents about the success of such new housing efforts. We examined neighborhood confidence and place attachment among residents of such a new housing subdivision ( n = 56) and compared them to newcomers ( n = 99) and old-timers ( n = 271) in the surrounding neighborhood. The new subdivision attracted comparatively wealthy, married, home owning residents. Compared with residents in the surrounding neighborhood, new subdivision residents had more neighborhood confidence, especially those who perceived few incivilities and satisfactory neighborhood services. Subdivision newcomers had higher place attachments than newcomers to the surrounding neighborhood and as high attachments as old-timers in the surrounding neighborhood. Although largely attracted by affordable housing, new subdivision residents may become important neighborhood contributors, given their levels of place attachment and confidence.
Crime, New housing, and housing incivilities in a first‐ring suburb: Multilevel relationships across time
In: Housing policy debate, Band 15, Heft 2, S. 301-345
ISSN: 2152-050X