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作者

Karen Witten;Robin Kearns;Simon Opit;Emma Fergusson

来源

HOUSING STUDIES,Vol.,Issue

语言

英文

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作者单位

SHORE & Whariki Research Centre, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand; ;School of Environment, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand ; ;SHORE & Whariki Research Centre, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand; ;School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

摘要

Place-based community networks provide a resource that can be drawn on to protect and promote the wellbeing of residents. We investigate the role of social networking sites (SNSs) in community formation in a new master-planned, mixed tenure, affordable housing estate in Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Waimahia Inlet was developed by a consortium of Māori organizations and community housing providers. Community formation was an explicit developer goal with public spaces to encourage face-to-face interaction designed into the development and social infrastructure nurtured on site. New residents were invited to join a closed Facebook group, created and moderated by a residents’ association set up by the developer. In-depth interviews with 38 residents between 2017/18 revealed synergies between residents’ use of online and offline interactional spaces for producing and performing an engaged and supportive community. Neighbourhood networks contributed to strengthened attachment to place and sense of security by residents.