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Improving neighborhood quality: A hierarchy of needs

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A sample of 306 residents of New Jersey stratified by type of neighborhood was gathered in order to measure the association of residents’ ratings of neighborhood quality with neighborhood attributes and residents’ characteristics. Poor neighborhood quality was strongly associated with crime/vandalism and physical decay, as well as with mistrust of authority, negative emotions, pessimism, and a lack of sense of mastery of the environment.The policy implications of these findings are important. First, improving schools, controlling locally unwanted land uses, and improving other neighborhood conditions will help improve neighborhood quality only if crime and blight are controlled. Second, many residents of poor and fair quality neighborhoods mistrust authority, including the local officials and potential investors who will spearhead neighborhood redevelopment. This destructive form of mistrust must be addressed.

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  • Michael R. Greenberg, 1999. "Improving neighborhood quality: A hierarchy of needs," Housing Policy Debate, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(3), pages 601-624, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:houspd:v:10:y:1999:i:3:p:601-624
    DOI: 10.1080/10511482.1999.9521345
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    1. John Hipp, 2010. "What is the ‘Neighbourhood’ in Neighbourhood Satisfaction? Comparing the Effects of Structural Characteristics Measured at the Micro-neighbourhood and Tract Levels," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 47(12), pages 2517-2536, November.
    2. Squires, Graham & Hutchison, Norman, 2021. "Barriers to affordable housing on brownfield sites," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
    3. Michael R. Greenberg, 2021. "Measuring Historical Urban Neighborhood Sustainability: America’s Grand Avenues," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-22, January.
    4. Michael Greenberg & M. Jane Lewis, 2000. "Brownfields Redevelopment, Preferences and Public Involvement: A Case Study of an Ethnically Mixed Neighbourhood," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 37(13), pages 2501-2514, December.
    5. David P. Varady & Carole C. Walker & Xinhao Wang, 2001. "Voucher Recipient Achievement of Improved Housing Conditions in the US: Do Moving Distance and Relocation Services Matter?," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 38(8), pages 1273-1304, July.
    6. Belinda Yuen & Anthony Yeh & Stephen John Appold & George Earl & John Ting & Lanny Kurnianingrum Kwee, 2006. "High-rise Living in Singapore Public Housing," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 43(3), pages 583-600, March.
    7. Shilpi Mittal & Jayprakash Chadchan & Sudipta K. Mishra, 2020. "Review of Concepts, Tools and Indices for the Assessment of Urban Quality of Life," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 149(1), pages 187-214, May.
    8. Greenberg, Michael & Crossney, Kristen, 2007. "Perceived neighborhood quality in the United States: Measuring outdoor, housing and jurisdictional influences," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 41(3), pages 181-194, September.

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