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Author Adriaanse, Catharina.

Title On Measuring and Explaining Neighbourhood Succes : a Behavioural Economic Approach / door Catharina Cornelia Martina Adriaanse.

Publication Info. Amsterdam : IOS Press, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (200 pages).
text file
Series Sustainable Urban Areas
Sustainable urban areas.
Thesis Ph. D. Technische Universiteit Delft
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Title page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Measuring residential satisfaction: a residential environmental satisfaction scale (RESS); The Dutch Residential Nuisance Scale: an outcome measure for reported nuisance in subgroup analysis; The relationship between risk factors, nuisance and residential environmental satisfaction; The importance of norms: behavioural game theory as a tool to understand neighbourhood events; Mutual trust and verbal sanctioning as proximate causes of a viable residential social climate; Conclusion and discussion; Samenvatting (Dutch summary); Curriculum vitae.
Summary This study combines qualitative and quantitative research methods to explain which factors contribute to a problem-free or problematic functioning of neighbourhoods in general and especially of Dutch neighbourhoods that were built in the first years after World War II. An important part of the book is about the development of measuring instruments. Special attention is given to the development of a risk scale that offers researchers and policymakers the opportunity to distinguish on a metric level between problematic and successful neighbourhoods. This book brings together key insights from ur.
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Language Summary in Dutch.
Subject Urban economics.
Urban economics.
Neighborhoods.
Neighborhoods.
Game theory.
Game theory.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Academic theses.
Academic theses.
Other Form: Print version: Adriaanse, C. On Measuring and Explaining Neighbourhood Succes : A Behavioural Economic Approach. Amsterdam : IOS Press, ©2011 9781607507864
ISBN 9781607507871 (electronic book)
1607507870 (electronic book)