Moving the 2030 Agenda Ahead: Exploring the Role of Multiple Mediators toward Perceived Environment and Social Sustainability in Residential Neighbourhoods

Massoomeh Hedayati Marzbali, Aldrin Abdullah, Mohammad Javad Maghsoodi Tilaki and Mina Safizadeh
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Massoomeh Hedayati Marzbali: School of Housing, Building & Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor 11800, Penang, Malaysia
Aldrin Abdullah: School of Housing, Building & Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor 11800, Penang, Malaysia
Mohammad Javad Maghsoodi Tilaki: School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor 11800, Penang, Malaysia
Mina Safizadeh: School of Housing, Building & Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor 11800, Penang, Malaysia

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 10, 1-18

Abstract: Neighbourhood safety represents an important topic of study to illustrate the reasons behind the increases in crime and mitigate its effects in neighbourhoods. This study examines how the social and environmental features of neighbourhoods may influence the social sustainability of residents based on the assumption that the perception of safety and social cohesion mediates the effects of neighbourhood environment on social sustainability. A quantitative method was employed to collect data from residents in a low-rise residential area in Penang, Malaysia. The results of structural equation modelling (SEM) indicated the positive and significant effect of neighbourhood accessibility on perceived disorder, whilst the effect of accessibility on social cohesion was negative. Disorders may comprise social and physical disorders, and may have a negative effect on perception of safety, but not on social cohesion. The relationship between disorders and social sustainability is serially mediated by the perception of safety and social cohesion. This implies that those who perceived high disorderliness in a neighbourhood environment reported a lower level of perception of safety, social cohesion and lower levels of social sustainability. Attempts need to be made to reduce neighbourhood disorderliness to pave the way for 2030 Agenda goals implementation.

Keywords: social sustainability; accessibility; disorder; perception of safety; social cohesion; multiple mediators (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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