Does Size Really Matter for the Place Attachment of High-Rise and Low-Rise Housing Estates? A Budapest Case Study

Ntombifuthi Precious Nzimande () and Feroza Morris-Kolawole
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Ntombifuthi Precious Nzimande: Department of Economic and Social Geography, University of Szeged, 6720 Szeged, Hungary
Feroza Morris-Kolawole: Department of Geography, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041, South Africa

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: The current research seeks to understand the relationship between residential satisfaction and place attachment by assessing where significant differences exist in the social environment among people living in low-rise and high-rise housing estates in Budapest, Hungary. The study employed multistage sampling techniques to collect information on the social environment and the residential satisfaction of individuals living in Budapest’s low-rise and high-rise housing estates. The data consisted of 213 participants over the age of 18. Results reveal that a decrease in the number of dependents within both high-rise ( p = 0.013) and low-rise ( p < 0.001) estates, as well as smaller household sizes in both high-rise ( p = 0.013) and low-rise ( p = 0.005) estates, aligns with lower satisfaction with the social environment. Habitability indices suggest that low-rise estates generally foster a more positive perception of the social environment, stronger community connections, and higher trust among neighbours, supporting the hypothesis that residents in high-rise estates may be dissatisfied with their social surroundings. Notably, the logistic regression analysis highlights a negative association (β = −0.12) between the satisfaction index (SI) and overall satisfaction in high-rise housing, emphasizing that higher SI values are linked to lower odds of satisfaction in this context. Conversely, the low-rise model shows a statistically significant positive association ( p < 0.005) between SI and overall satisfaction. Thus, the size of the residential building does matter when it comes to individuals feeling attached to their residential environment.

Keywords: place attachment; housing estates; urban regeneration programs; residential satisfaction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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