Perceived Density, Social Interaction and Morale in Australian Rural Communities

农村社区的社会生存能力在很大程度上取决于当地聚落网络的密度和居民对此的看法。该项目将创建感知密度的测量(即人们对测量密度的主观解释)，并将确定它如何影响澳大利亚农村居民的社交模式和士气。该项目将在概念上对影响农村社区社会生存能力和士气的与密度有关的因素产生严格和具体的了解，并将帮助农村社区确定和克服当地社会互动的制约因素。

The social viability of rural communities rests, to a greater or lesser degree, upon the density of the local settlement network, and residents' perceptions of it. This project will create a measure of perceived density (i.e. people's subjective interpretations of measured density) and will establish how it influences Australian rural residents' social interaction patterns and morale. The project will produce a conceptually rigorous and concrete understanding of the density-related factors influencing rural community social viability and morale, and will aid rural communities in identifying and overcoming local social interaction constraints.