Abstract

The book Moving Cities: Contested Views on Urban Life is a publication promoted by the European Sociological Association Research Network 37 – Urban Sociology. As members of the coordination and board of this research network, our aim is to establish bridges throughout Europe and beyond, by contributing to the dissemination of relevant research in our field. These bridges link researchers interested in participating in the European scientific debate on cities and urban life, but they are also bridges between cities, favouring contexts of discussion and further comparative analysis between several urban settings and social configurations.

Highlights

  • Social disorder in the neighbourhood, such as threatening behaviour, vandalism or public intoxication, has been found to increase feelings of insecurity (Brunton-Smith/Sturgis 2011; Kemppainen et al 2014) and expose residents to health problems (Steptoe/Feldman 2011)

  • Estate residents’ experiences and perceptions have been widely studied (e.g., Hopton/Hunt 1996; Hastings 2004; Boyce 2006; Van Beckhoven/Van Kempen 2006; Musterd 2009; Dekker et al 2011; Lindgren/Nilsen 2012; Kovács/Herfert 2012; Kabisch/Grossman 2013), there is a scarcity of reliable, large-scale evidence on where estates in general stand in terms of local social life compared to other kinds of neighbourhoods

  • The following were the specific aims: First, we examined the association of tenure structure of the estate with perceived social disorder and the mediating role of socio-economic disadvantage in this relationship

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Summary

Introduction

Social disorder in the neighbourhood, such as threatening behaviour, vandalism or public intoxication, has been found to increase feelings of insecurity (Brunton-Smith/Sturgis 2011; Kemppainen et al 2014) and expose residents to health problems (Steptoe/Feldman 2011). Our research aim was to examine whether housing estates differ from other kinds of neighbourhoods in terms of perceived social disorder. The following were the specific aims: First, we examined the association of tenure structure of the estate with perceived social disorder and the mediating role of socio-economic disadvantage in this relationship. Using linear random intercept models (model II, Table 2), we found that the overall rental proportion and the share of social housing within the rental stock were related to the level of perceived social disorder via socio-economic disadvantage.. I: Tenure structure of the estate + invidual level control variables (age, gender, education, income, occupational status, time one has lived in the neighbourhood, household type, tenure and building height) II: I + socio-economic disadvantage of the estate. Note: * p ≤ 0.05, ** p ≤ 0.01, *** p ≤ 0.001, **** p ≤ 0.0005 ; ns. non-significant

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Discussion
Estates in the housing markets
From disadvantage to disorder: on the role of regulation and agency
Findings
Reflections on tenure structure as a policy instrument
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