Neighborhood Built Environment, Perceived Danger, and Perceived Social Cohesion
Neighborhood Built Environment, Perceived Danger, and Perceived Social Cohesion
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DOI：
10.1177/0013916513503833
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发表时间：
2014-08-01
影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
Ralston, Margaret L.
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作者：
Bjornstrom, Eileen E. S.;Ralston, Margaret L.
我们研究了商业多样性、繁忙的交通、人行道和树木的普遍存在是否与洛杉矶县社区的社会凝聚力有关，以及集中的劣势和感知的危险如何塑造这些关系。与理论预期一致，集中的劣势和危险与较低的凝聚力有关。内聚力的内置特性的影响是温和的劣势和/或感知的危险。危险缓和的影响，商业多样性，人行道，和树木，集中劣势缓和系数的建成变量（树木除外），使其影响的幅度更强，在高劣势社区。我们的结论是，建成的特点似乎更重要的凝聚力，在高度劣势的社区，也是通过建成环境，以促进凝聚力的方法应侧重于支持居民的安全观念。
We examined whether the prevalence of commercial diversity, heavy traffic, sidewalks, and trees is associated with perceived social cohesion in Los Angeles County neighborhoods, and how concentrated disadvantage and perceived danger shape these relationships. Consistent with theoretical expectations, concentrated disadvantage and danger were associated with lower cohesion. The effects of built characteristics on cohesion were moderated by disadvantage and/or perceived danger. Danger moderated the effect of commercial diversity, sidewalks, and trees, and concentrated disadvantage moderated the coefficients on built variables (excepting trees) such that the magnitude of their effects were stronger in high-disadvantage neighborhoods. We conclude that built characteristics appear to matter more for cohesion in high-disadvantage neighborhoods and also that approaches to promoting cohesion through the built environment should focus on bolstering residents' perceptions of safety.