Organization of living environment is possible through a clear definition of private and public arenas and determinationof a spatial hierarchy. Such defined arenas increase the sense of belonging to the environment which personalizesresidential environments. Enclosure is among the quantities that play a significant role in defining the spaces. In fact,enclosure is the factor that defines a spac...

Various studies have shown that neighborhood quality is linked to neighborhood attachment and satisfaction. However, most have relied upon residents’ own perceptions rather than independent observations of the neighborhood environment. This study examines the reliability and validity of the revised Residential Environment Assessment Tool (REAT 2.0), an audit instrument covering both public and ...

I thank Dr. Pearce for his commentary (1) on our paper (2). Pearce points out the challenges posed by the use of crosssectional data on the geography of health-related resources. An additional factor is the potential benefit of considering population heterogeneity. Our present theoretical paradigms tend to see neighborhood links as “one size fits all,” but it may be that environmental features ...

Home attachment is positive emotional bond between home and its dwellers which may result in safety, solace and tranquility for them. To create this kind of relationship some physical and social prerequisites need to exist inside home. This article aims to answer the question "whether house outdoor environment features are also effective in developing home attachment or not?" Aiming to answer t...

Nowadays, energy consumption is a global challenge due to the shortage of some sources and, consequently, their increasing prices. This paper argues that by using an integrative approach for various harvesting techniques, typical residential neighborhood can be operated as self-generator or all its needed energy. The follows mixed qualitative, experimental, and numerical simulation approaches e...

measuring the perceived quality of residential environments is one of the fields of inquiry for housing environment researches. most of the data on the perceived quality of residential environments are restricted to existing and large cities experiences. however, little attention has been paid to new town residential complexes particularly in third world countries. residential and neighborhood ...

While many studies have shown that urbanization and land-use type significantly impact species richness and evenness, few studies have investigated the mechanisms by which these changes occur. A residential neighborhood at ASU-Polytechnic Campus has been designed with 4 different neighborhood landscape regimes and provides the ideal opportunity to explore how local neighborhood landscaping affe...

This article provides a comprehensive review of research on the effects of neighborhood residence on child and adolescent well-being. The first section reviews key methodological issues. The following section considers links between neighborhood characteristics and child outcomes and suggests the importance of high socioeconomic status (SES) for achievement and low SES and residential instabili...

Residential segregation, by definition, leads to racial and socioeconomic disparities in neighborhood conditions. These disparities may in turn produce inequality in social and economic opportunities and outcomes. Because racial and socioeconomic segregation are not independent of each other, however, any analysis of their causes, patterns, and effects must rest on an understanding of the joint...

BACKGROUND Little research has focused on the spatial distribution of social capital, despite social capital's rising popularity in health research and policy. This study examines the neighborhood differences in social capital and the determinants that explain these differences. METHODS Five components of neighborhood social capital are identified by means of factor and reliability analyses u...