Neighbourhood ties
a social and spatial capital approach
M. van Gils (Veldacademie, TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
J. Weeland ( Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam)
G. Slingerland (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
C. Wehrmann (TU Delft - Applied Sciences)
O. Trienekens (Veldacademie)
M. J. van Dorst (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
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Abstract
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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