Objective and Subjective Determinants of Neighborhood Satisfaction in the Context of Retrofitting Suburbs

A strong preference for suburban living has led to extensively developed suburbs that need retrofitting by improving their compactness. However, an attempt to make suburban areas more sustainable only by shaping their spatial form, without considering individual demands and preferences, is usually i...

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Autor principal:	Dorota Mantey
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	neighborhood satisfaction retrofitting suburbs urban sprawl objective characteristics subjective characteristics Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:50e5680a434c43dd92a9adf2b76ab3042021-11-11T19:38:04ZObjective and Subjective Determinants of Neighborhood Satisfaction in the Context of Retrofitting Suburbs10.3390/su1321119542071-1050https://doaj.org/article/50e5680a434c43dd92a9adf2b76ab3042021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/21/11954https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050A strong preference for suburban living has led to extensively developed suburbs that need retrofitting by improving their compactness. However, an attempt to make suburban areas more sustainable only by shaping their spatial form, without considering individual demands and preferences, is usually ineffective. The aim of this research is to better understand the factors that are important for suburban neighborhood satisfaction and to determine the relationship between neighborhood satisfaction and both the objective spatial attributes reflecting different levels of spatial chaos and satisfaction with particular neighborhood characteristics. The factor analysis and a linear multiple regression model have revealed that there are four significant subjective factors explaining neighborhood satisfaction, namely: assessed suburban assets, assessed accessibility, assessed walkability, and assessed mental and social attitude towards the neighborhood. Among these, the assessed accessibility is the most important predictor of the neighborhood satisfaction and synthetic indicator of spatial chaos the least significant one. Although the research proved that subjective measures are more important determinants of neighborhood satisfaction, fighting urban sprawl should be based on the interference in both subjective evaluations and objective spatial attributes, since two of the four subjective factors are likely to be strongly influenced by improving accessibility in the process of retrofitting suburbs.Dorota ManteyMDPI AGarticleneighborhood satisfactionretrofitting suburbsurban sprawlobjective characteristicssubjective characteristicsEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 11954, p 11954 (2021)
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topic	neighborhood satisfaction retrofitting suburbs urban sprawl objective characteristics subjective characteristics Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
spellingShingle	neighborhood satisfaction retrofitting suburbs urban sprawl objective characteristics subjective characteristics Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Dorota Mantey Objective and Subjective Determinants of Neighborhood Satisfaction in the Context of Retrofitting Suburbs
description	A strong preference for suburban living has led to extensively developed suburbs that need retrofitting by improving their compactness. However, an attempt to make suburban areas more sustainable only by shaping their spatial form, without considering individual demands and preferences, is usually ineffective. The aim of this research is to better understand the factors that are important for suburban neighborhood satisfaction and to determine the relationship between neighborhood satisfaction and both the objective spatial attributes reflecting different levels of spatial chaos and satisfaction with particular neighborhood characteristics. The factor analysis and a linear multiple regression model have revealed that there are four significant subjective factors explaining neighborhood satisfaction, namely: assessed suburban assets, assessed accessibility, assessed walkability, and assessed mental and social attitude towards the neighborhood. Among these, the assessed accessibility is the most important predictor of the neighborhood satisfaction and synthetic indicator of spatial chaos the least significant one. Although the research proved that subjective measures are more important determinants of neighborhood satisfaction, fighting urban sprawl should be based on the interference in both subjective evaluations and objective spatial attributes, since two of the four subjective factors are likely to be strongly influenced by improving accessibility in the process of retrofitting suburbs.
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title	Objective and Subjective Determinants of Neighborhood Satisfaction in the Context of Retrofitting Suburbs
title_short	Objective and Subjective Determinants of Neighborhood Satisfaction in the Context of Retrofitting Suburbs
title_full	Objective and Subjective Determinants of Neighborhood Satisfaction in the Context of Retrofitting Suburbs
title_fullStr	Objective and Subjective Determinants of Neighborhood Satisfaction in the Context of Retrofitting Suburbs
title_full_unstemmed	Objective and Subjective Determinants of Neighborhood Satisfaction in the Context of Retrofitting Suburbs
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Objective and Subjective Determinants of Neighborhood Satisfaction in the Context of Retrofitting Suburbs

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