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- Title
Putting identity into the community: Exploring the social dynamics of urban regeneration.
- Authors
Heath, Stacey C.; Rabinovich, Anna; Barreto, Manuela
- Abstract
The present paper adopts a social identity perspective to examine the relationship between community-based identification and well-being, resilience and willingness to pay back in the context of urban regeneration. A sample of 104 residents across five deprived urban areas in the southwest of England that have recently undergone or are about to undergo regeneration projects completed a survey. The results demonstrate that areas where a more community-centred, bottom-up, approach to regeneration was taken (i.e., 'culture-led') showed higher levels of community cohesion than areas where the community dynamics were ignored (i.e., a 'top-down' approach to regeneration). Increased community identification was linked to greater perceived social support, community-esteem, personal self-esteem and self-efficacy. These psychological processes were, in turn, linked to increased resilience and well-being, as well as a stronger willingness to pay back to the community. The results are consistent with the social identity approach. Implications for urban regeneration strategies are discussed.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; COMMUNITIES; ATTITUDE (Psychology); GROUP identity; METROPOLITAN areas; PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience; SELF-efficacy; SELF-perception; STRATEGIC planning; SURVEYS; SAMPLE size (Statistics); SOCIAL support; WELL-being; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
European Journal of Social Psychology, 2017, Vol 47, Issue 7, p855
- ISSN
0046-2772
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ejsp.2296