The local neighborhood forms an integral part of our lives. It provides the context through which social networks are nurtured and the foundation from which a sense of attachment and cohesion with fellow residents can be established. Whereas much of the previous research has examined the role of social and demographic characteristic in relation to the level of neighboring and cohesion, this pap...

participation of people in their cities and neighborhoods has always been emphasized by researchers and experts in order to improve the quality of citizens’ life and having efficient urban management. however, it seems that providing participation contexts at local level by citizens needs preparations and substrates that facilitate participation. in the meantime, establishing a neighborhood man...

Few studies have examined the consequences of neighborhoods for job prospects people on parole. Specifically, networks between in where commute to work and their spatial distributions may provide insight into patterns joblessness because they represent economic structure neighborhoods. We argue that network provides competition parole face labor market, mismatch from jobs, as well structural su...

BACKGROUND Public parks can be an important setting for physical activity promotion, but to increase park use and the activity levels of park users, the crucial attributes related to active park use need to be defined. Not only user characteristics and structural park attributes, but also characteristics of the surrounding neighborhood are important to examine. Furthermore, internationally comp...

During a community-wide crisis, practical help from others in the community can allow individuals to manage variety of extraordinary household needs. In this article, we synthesize insights research on disaster resilience, social support, networks, and exchange into theoretical model factors that shape individual access beyond family. We suggest ties—local neighborhood, associational, friend re...

A mosque is an efficient tool for inhabitants to engage in diverse religious activities, contributing its prosperity, filling it with and fostering Islamic brotherhood ties between locals. This study explores the transformation of urban populations East Pamulang neighborhood South Tangerang. The purpose this determine tendency solid religiosity residents four mosques housing complexes, includin...

The low mobility of seniors may be due in part to a history of auto-oriented transportation and land use policy decisions. More recently, land use policies that make it possible to drive less show promise of effectiveness for the population as a whole. However, little attention has been paid to the implications of such policies for older people. Using data collected from Northern California in ...

Social discrimination, defined as the relative preference for intra-ethnic over inter-ethnic relationships, nter-ethnic relationships ultilevel p2 model eighborhood composition ocial discrimination was studied in pupils’ networks in Dutch secondary school classes. While native Dutch pupils (ethnic majority members) mainly named fellow majority members, ethnic minority members reported ties with...