Residential Intention Research Articles

Analysis of Leisure Activities and Residential Intentions in Depopulated Areas: A Case Study of Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture

Population outflow from rural areas represents a significant social issue in Japan. Data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications suggest that insufficient leisure options contribute to rural residents’ decisions to relocate. This study aims to examine the relationship between subjective well-being and the intention to reside in a specific region, considering the diversity of leisure activities available to rural residents. Our findings indicate that enhancing leisure activities improves subjective well-being but does not necessarily strengthen residents’ intentions to reside in the area. Notably, those partaking in wider areas for leisure activities exhibited a lower inclination to stay in the region. This study contributes to the understanding necessary for developing sustainable rural societies.

Influence of General and Financial Characteristics of Senior Towns on Residential Intention

Influence of General and Financial Characteristics of Senior Towns on Residential Intention

Influence of General and Financial Characteristics of Senior Towns on Residential Intention

Influence of General and Financial Characteristics of Senior Towns on Residential Intention

Evaluating the Influence of Sustainable Urban Disaster Prevention Planning Satisfaction on Residents’ Living Willingness: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach in Kaohsiung City

Rapid urban development and increasing climate-related challenges underscore the need for effective urban disaster mitigation strategies. This study, conducted in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, uses a Structural Equation Model to assess how satisfaction with urban disaster prevention planning influences residents’ intentions to stay there. We found that satisfaction with sustainable urban disaster prevention increases residents’ willingness to remain and acts as a key mediator between satisfaction with public facilities and residential intentions. The methodology provides practical insights for urban planners and policymakers, highlighting that improving public facilities and effective disaster planning significantly strengthens residents’ attachment to urban environments. These findings suggest a pragmatic way to enhance urban sustainability and resilience by incorporating disaster preparedness into urban development plans.

확장된 계획행동이론을 활용한 지역의 관광 분야 협력의도와 지지도에 미치는 영향관계 분석

The purpose of this study is to verify the extended theory of planned behavior from the perspective of local residents by adding constructs(residence image, support level) and subdividing behavioral intentions in two aspects (residence intention, cooperation intention). To this end, an onsite survey was conducted with local residents living in Daejeon. The analysis results about the structural equation modeling showed that most of research hypotheses were appeared to be statistically significant except for the relationship between some constructs(subjective norm→residential intention, perceived behavioral control→residential intention, residential intention→cooperative intention). The specific results of empirical analysis are summarized as follows. First, residential image and subjective norm were found to have positively influenced attitude. Second, residential image and attitude appeared to be positively related to residential intention, which in turn influenced support. Third, cooperative intention seemed to have a positive and significant effect on support. Based on findings, implications were further suggested in the conclusion section.

Structural Analysis among Local Residents' Residential Satisfaction, Happiness, Quality of Life, and Residential Intention

지자체는 지역주민들이 행복한 삶을 살아가고, 긍정적인 삶의 질과 거주의도를 가질 수 있도록 역할을 도모해야 할 필요가 있다. 이러한 측면에서 지역주민의 거주만족도를 높이는 것은 중요한 문제일 것이다. 이에 본 연구는 지역주민의 거주만족도가 거주의도에 미치는 영향관계를 행복감과 삶의 질을 토대로 규명하였다. 이러한 목적을 달성하기 위해 할당표본추출법을 사용한 현장조사를 대전에 거주하는 지역주민들을 대상으로 실시하였다. 연구모형의 영향관계들(H1~H9)에 대한 분석결과 연구가설 7(심리적 행복감→거주의도)과 연구가설 9(삶의 질→거주의도)를 제외하고, 대부분의 연구가설이 통계적으로 유의한 것으로 나타났다. 구체적인 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 거주 만족도는 두 개의 행복감(주관적 행복감, 심리적 행복감)에 긍정적으로 관련이 있음을 보여준다. 둘째, 주관적 행복감, 심리적 행복감, 그리고 거주 만족도는 삶의 질에 긍정적으로 영향을 미치는 것이 발견되었다. 셋째, 주관적 행복감과 거주 만족도는 거주의도에 긍정적인 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 결과적으로 거주만족도를 높이는 것이 가장 중요함을 확인하였다. 또한, 주관적 행복감이 삶의 질과 거주의도를 긍정적으로 변화시키는 구성개념으로 나타났다. 이에 대한 학술적 기여와 관리적 시사점은 결론 부분에 더 구체적으로 논의되었다.

Factors influencing the residence’s intention to adopt solar photovoltaic technology: a case study from Klang Valley, Malaysia

Abstract Recently, the Malaysian government has targeted to achieve the 20% renewable-energy goal by 2025. Despite the Malaysian government’s having taken initiatives in promoting the use of renewable energy for more than a decade, to date, more than three-quarters of the electricity supply in Peninsular Malaysia is generated from the burning of fossil fuels. Apparently, the development of renewable energy is still slow and in its infancy. The current study intends to identify the predictors (environmentalism, cost, knowledge and personal innovativeness) that influence the residential intention to adopt solar photovoltaic (PV) in Klang Valley. This study adopts the technology acceptance model as the theoretical framework to analyse the mediation effect on perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness between the determinants and the intention to adopt solar PV. Self-administered questionnaires are used to collect data from non-solar PV users who stay in Klang Valley. Structural equation modelling analysis was carried out on the 200 samples from data collection. The findings demonstrated that environmentalism is having a significant impact on the intention to adopt solar PV, followed by knowledge. The perceived usefulness mediates the relationship between the predictors and the intention to use solar PV, although no mediation effect was found for the perceived ease of use. Lastly, several implications are highlighted to the policymakers and solar-market practitioners to improve the existing policies and promote solar PV adoptions among residents.

A Study on the Perceived Value of Tenants Affecting the Continuous Residential Intention of Rental Housing for Single-person Households

The purpose of this study is to analyze what factors are important to tenants related to rental housing for single-person households, which are increasing recently, and present as references when promoting public policies. For this survey, 985 adult men and women who lived in single-person rental houses or currently live in single-person or two-person rental houses were surveyed online, and 26 categories of housing facilities, housing environment, housing management, and housing costs were presented. Reliability and feasibility analysis of structural equations was conducted by a Confirmatory Factor Analysis(CFA). The results were as follows : 1) If the impact on residential satisfaction is presented in order of size of the standardization coefficient, it is found that it affects residential satisfaction in order of rent, housing facilities, and housing management factors. 2) Residential satisfaction was found to have a positive effect on both continuous residential intention and recommendation intention, and indirectly, the overall satisfaction level of single-person rental housing users was very high. 3) In addition, the survey was conducted on the types of rental housing, differences between the metropolitan area and the non-capital area, and differences by age group for factors affecting residential satisfaction, and it was found to be similar in a large framework.

The Relationship among Residential Satisfaction, Continuance Residential Intention, and Recommendation Intention according to Residential Environment and Housing Expenditure

This study aims at understanding the relationship among residential environment, life, education, safety factors, residential satisfaction, continuance residential intention, and recommendation intention, housing expenditure, . It is based on data analyzed questionnaire surveys of 351 copies using the AMOS 22.0 program. The results of the study are summarized as follows. First, living environment, education environment, and safety environment had a significant positive effect on residential satisfaction. Second, living environment, education environment, and safety environment did not directly influence continuance residential intention. However, it was found to have a significant effect in the indirect effect analysis. In the end, it implies that residential satisfaction is important to increase continuance residential intention. Third, residential satisfaction was found to have a significant positive effect on continuance residential intention and recommendation intention. Forth, continuance residential intention was found to have a significant positive effect on recommendation intention. Finally, there was no difference in residential satisfaction, continuance residential intention and recommendation intention according to housing expenditures. Also, the government should implement regulations for qualitative supply by releasing regulations such as redevelopment and reconstruction. municipal governments should try to prevent residents from moving away by raising housing satisfaction, such as attracting beneficial facilities to residential areas and restrictions that apply to hazardous waste facilities.

Factors that determine residents’ acceptance of smart city technologies

ABSTRACTWhile some cities attempt to determine their residents’ demand for smart-city technologies, others simply move forward with smart-related strategies and projects. This study is among the first to empirically determine which factors most affect residents’ and public servants’ intention to use smart-city services. A Smart Cities Stakeholders Adoption Model (SSA), based on Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT2), is developed and tested on a mid-size U.S. city as a case study. A questionnaire was administered in order to determine the influence of seven factors – effort expectancy, self-efficacy, perceived privacy, perceived security, trust in technology, price value and trust in government – on behaviour intention, specifically the decision to adopt smart-city technologies. Results show that each of these factors significantly influenced citizen intention to use smart-city services. They also reveal perceived security and perceived privacy to be strong determinants of trust in technology, and price value a determinant of trust in government. In turn, both types of trust are shown to increase user intention to both adopt and use smart-city services. These findings offer city officials an approach to gauging residential intention to use smart-city services, as well as identify those factors critical to developing a successful smart-city strategy.

From the household to watershed: A cross-scale analysis of residential intention to adopt green stormwater infrastructure

Improved stormwater management for the protection of water resources requires bottom-up stewardship from landowners, including adoption of Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI). We use a statewide survey of Vermont paired with a cross-scale and spatial analysis to evaluate the influence of interacting spatial, social, and physical factors on residential intention to adopt GSI across a complex social-ecological landscape. Specifically, we focus on how three GSI practices, (“rain garden (bio retention),” “infiltration trenches,” and “actively divert roof runoff to a rain barrel/lawn/garden instead of the street/sewer”) vary with barriers to adoption, and household attributes across stormwater contexts from the household to watershed scale. Private landowners, who may be motivated more by on-site and neighborhood stormwater problems, may gravitate toward practices like infiltration trenches compared with practices (e.g., rain gardens) perceived to serve stormwater function over larger areas. Diversion of roof runoff was found to be more likely to be a part of a larger assembly of green behaviors. Improved stormwater management outcomes at the watershed, town, neighborhood, and household levels depend on adaptive approaches and adjusting strategies along the rural-urban gradient, across the bio-physical landscape, and according to varying norms and institutional arrangements.

Ties that Bother - Ties that Matter

The aim of this article is to show that it is necessary to consider the negative, latent and lost ties, and those with the quality “zero” when studying the formation, change and reaffirmation of residential intentions and decisions. We use the case of Ukrainian immigrants residing in Spain, where we focus on the negative ties and the effects of relational strain among third parties, applying the approach of qualitative social network analysis. We pinpoint the compositional and structural characteristics of negative ties that are significant concerning decision-making process and constructing collecting data tools.

장기안심주택 공급 실효성과 거주의사 평가에 관한 연구

장기안심주택 공급 실효성과 거주의사 평가에 관한 연구

A comparative study of Sense of Coherence (SOC) and related psychosocial factors among urban versus rural residents in Japan

“Sense of Coherence” (SOC) is a core concept of salutogenic theory. This concept can be usefully applied to analyses of stress prevention and health maintenance. Little is known about how factors that correlate with individuals’ SOC vary according to regional socio-cultural conditions. The objective was to examine if living environment influenced the pattern of correlations of SOC with generalized resistance resources (GRRs) and to assess if between area SOC differences relate to GRRs. We sought to examine the relationship between SOC and psychosocial GRRs, including sociodemographic characteristics based on Antonovsky’s theories. Social support and self-efficacy were found to correlate with SOC among both urban and rural residents. SOC was correlated with economic status among urban residents, but not among rural residents; further, in rural areas alone, SOC was found to correlate with residential intention, ties with relatives, and humor. Urban residents in general showed significantly higher SOC scores than rural residents. This may be due to the higher levels of social support, self-efficacy, and higher economic status found among urban residents. We suggest that the practical application of theories of SOC to health policy development in urban and rural areas may benefit from taking into account SOC related characteristics.

West Virginia's Lost Youth: Appalachian Stereotypes and Residential Preferences

This study uses a cognitive mapping survey to examine the effect of Appalachian stereotypes on West Virginia high school students' residential preferences. The research addresses the popularly held hypothesis that West Virginia is suffering out-migration of its young people in part because of negative regional imagery. Survey results provide some support for this position. Appalachian stereotypes are a leading explanation given by survey respondents for their residential disinclinations toward their home state. This research indicates the influence of regional stereotypes on residential intentions and the usefulness of cognitive mapping in exploring geographic stereotyping.