Place Attachment in Deprived Neighbourhoods: The Impacts of Population Turnover and Social Mix

Nick Bailey, Ade Kearns and Mark Livingston

Housing Studies, 2012, vol. 27, issue 2, 208-231

Abstract: This paper examines the determinants of individual place attachment, focusing in particular on differences between deprived and other neighbourhoods, and on the impacts of population turnover and social mix. It uses a multi-level modelling approach to take account of both individual- and neighbourhood-level determinants. Data are drawn from a large sample government survey, the Citizenship Survey 2005, to which a variety of neighbourhood-level data have been attached. The paper argues that attachment is significantly lower in more deprived neighbourhoods primarily because these areas have weaker social cohesion but that, in other respects, the drivers of attachment are the same. Turnover has modest direct impacts on attachment through its effect on social cohesion. Social mix has very limited impacts on attachment overall but its effects also vary between social groups. In general, higher status or more dominant groups appear less tolerant of social mix.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2012.632620

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