Freedom from the Tyranny of Neighbourhood

Rethinking Socio-Spatial Context Effects

Discussion paper (2018)

Authors

A. Petrović OLD Urban Renewal and Housing

D.J. Manley University of Bristol

M. van Ham OLD Urban Renewal and Housing , Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Research Group

OLD Urban Renewal and Housing

Neighbourhood effects Spatial scale Bespoke neighbourhoods Socio-spatial context Micro-geographic data

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Published Date

2018-3

Language

English

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Research Group

OLD Urban Renewal and Housing

Abstract

Theory behind neighbourhood effects suggests that different geographies and scales affect individual outcomes. We argue that neighbourhood effects research needs to break away from the tyranny of neighbourhood and consider alternative ways to measure the wider socio-spatial context of people, placing individuals at the centre of the approach. We review theoretical and empirical approaches to place and space from a multitude of disciplines and the geographical scopes of neighbourhood effects mechanisms. Ultimately, we suggest ways in which micro-geographic data can be used to operationalise socio-spatial context for neighbourhood effects, where data pragmatism should be supplanted by a theory-driven data exploration.Unexpectedly, children who lived in an affluent neighbor-hood throughout childhood were most likely to engage in delinquent behavior.

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