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M.M.S. van Gils
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Neighbourhood ties
A social and spatial capital approach
Journal article
(2026)
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M. van Gils, J. Weeland, G. Slingerland, C. Wehrmann, O. Trienekens, M. J. van Dorst
This study explores how residents use and experience their living environment, focusing on the social affordances of neighbourhood places. Through narrative mapping in group sessions in a case study neighbourhood in Rotterdam, nineteen residents, including less-heard groups, mapped their living environments and reflected on their experiences. While residents primarily engage within their neighbourhood, perceptions of safety and territorial claims shape how places are used, particularly in parks and community hubs. By foregrounding lived experience, the study shows how social affordances take shape in neighbourhood places and give rise to uneven potentials for social and spatial capital formation.
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This study explores how residents use and experience their living environment, focusing on the social affordances of neighbourhood places. Through narrative mapping in group sessions in a case study neighbourhood in Rotterdam, nineteen residents, including less-heard groups, mapped their living environments and reflected on their experiences. While residents primarily engage within their neighbourhood, perceptions of safety and territorial claims shape how places are used, particularly in parks and community hubs. By foregrounding lived experience, the study shows how social affordances take shape in neighbourhood places and give rise to uneven potentials for social and spatial capital formation.
Journal article
(2022)
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G. Slingerland, M.E.J. Edua-Mensah, M.M.S. van Gils, R.J. Kleinhans, F.M. Brazier
This paper studies how residents in the neighbourhood Bospolder-Tussendijken (BoTu) have dealt with the COVID-19 restrictions. Prior to the pandemic, significant investments in community-building were made to increase resilience of individuals and communities in BoTu. This paper identifies the key assets BoTu residents had developed and actually during this ultimate challenge. Interviews with formal and informal actors in BoTu revealed that community leadership, engaged governance, problem-solving ability, and information sharing environment were essential to adequately respond to the crisis, and were successfully deployed. The paper concludes with five policy implications to help strengthen capacities and relationships needed for community resilience.
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This paper studies how residents in the neighbourhood Bospolder-Tussendijken (BoTu) have dealt with the COVID-19 restrictions. Prior to the pandemic, significant investments in community-building were made to increase resilience of individuals and communities in BoTu. This paper identifies the key assets BoTu residents had developed and actually during this ultimate challenge. Interviews with formal and informal actors in BoTu revealed that community leadership, engaged governance, problem-solving ability, and information sharing environment were essential to adequately respond to the crisis, and were successfully deployed. The paper concludes with five policy implications to help strengthen capacities and relationships needed for community resilience.