Why People Settle in Shrinking Communities: A Unified Framework of Psychological, Environmental, and Cognitive Factors
Why People Settle in Shrinking Communities: A Unified Framework of Psychological, Environmental, and Cognitive Factors
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DOI：
10.3390/su132413944
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发表时间：
2021-12
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3.9
通讯作者：
Siyi An;T. Aoki;A. Suzuki
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作者：
Siyi An;T. Aoki;A. Suzuki
在不断缩小的地区定居行为的解释可以提供在不断缩小的社区可持续发展战略的见解。然而，当考虑到居民是理性的决策者时，很难解释在正在萎缩的地区定居的选择。为了更深入地理解这一决策过程，提出了一个考虑主观环境评价维度、心理维度和认知维度的住宅决策框架。通过在日本社区进行问卷调查，进一步验证了这一过程。结构方程模型的结果表明，RDM框架提出的是适用于RDM在萎缩的社区。通过考虑地域差异，我们进一步发现，郊区社区的居民在决定是否继续居住时，倾向于考虑对他们的位置的总体满意度，而山区社区的居民在考虑连续居住时，重视情感满意度因素，如地方依恋。不同的居住偏好有助于形成RDM因素也揭示了社区之间。这项研究的结果意味着，可持续发展战略，以帮助缩小社区应适合其地理特征。此外，能够丰富居住体验和邻里交流的区域设计对于促进人口定居非常重要。
The interpretation of settlement behavior in shrinking areas can provide insights into sustainability strategies in shrinking communities. However, the choice to settle in areas undergoing shrinkage is hard to interpret when considering residents as rational decisionmakers. To attain a deeper understanding of this decision-making process, a framework of residential decision making (RDM) considering a subjective environmental evaluation dimension, psychological dimension, and cognitive dimension is proposed. This process was further validated by conducting a questionnaire survey in Japanese communities. The results of the structural equation modeling reveal that the RDM framework proposed is applicable to RDM in shrinking communities. By considering geographical differences, we further found that residents in suburban communities tend to consider overall satisfaction with their location when deciding whether to stay, whereas residents in mountainous communities value emotional satisfaction factors such as place attachment when considering continuous residence. Different residential preferences contributing to the formation of RDM factors were also revealed between communities. The results of this study imply that sustainable development strategies to assist shrinking communities should be tailored to their geographical characteristics. Further, a regional design that can enrich residential experiences and neighborhood communication is important for promoting population settlement.