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Stanbridge, Karen Lesley. "Residential relocation and travel behaviour change." Thesis, University of the West of England, Bristol, 2007. http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/16863/.
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With greater policy emphasis now given to travel demand management, the need for research into understanding travel behaviour, and identifying opportunities to effect travel behaviour change has grown significantly. A key impediment to behaviour change can be the lack of conscious consideration by an individual of the travel choices they make, i. e. habit. Breaking or weakening habits by bringing consideration of travel options back into an individual's consciousness is therefore an important precursor to behaviour change, although this can be difficult to achieve through many behaviour change interventions. A rise in the level of consciousness of behaviour can occur when an individual faces a key life event, or a change of circumstances, such as would occur with moving home. A home move is a key event of particular interest for potentially weakened travel habits, as it can drastically change the travel situation of the household. The home location to a large extent determines journey time to work, amenities, schools and the public transport options available to the household. Therefore the decision of where to live will often have long term consequences for travel behaviour, in addition to the move having the potential to affect travel habits in the short-term. It might therefore be possible for travel behaviour change interventions to `take advantage' of weakened habits associated with a home move in order to promote more desired methods of travel. This suggestion had however not been empirically examined prior to the start of this research. Research was therefore deemed necessary to better understand the implications of residential relocation for travel and travel habits. This was in order that should the above suggestion prove accurate, any interventions to be implemented would have a more thorough grounding in knowledge and understanding of the situation, and thus a better chance of success. This thesis therefore sets out to examine the travel implications of residential relocation. An initial qualitative phase of exploratory in-depth interviews conducted with recent movers in the city of Bristol, England, highlights the importance of how travel is thought about during the search and selection processes, to how the move affects household travel. Three types of post-move changes to travel behaviour are identified; deliberate, anticipated and unexpected. This leads to the development of the `Residential Relocation Timeline' (RRT), a conceptual framework of eight stages during the moving process at which consideration of travel issues may occur. The second part of the research (a postal survey) further examines and develops this framework. Given the diverse nature of relocation experiences at the individual level, five different `travel-consideration-types' are identified. These provide a more generic interpretation of differences in the timing of travel considerations undertaken during the process of a move. It is revealed that 12% of the moving households in the study never considered travel during the course of their move (86% did consider travel at some point), and overall 57% of respondents experienced a change to the pre-move main mode used for at least one regular household journey. 50.6% of respondents considered travel after the move had taken place (with 7.6% considering travel only at this time), and therefore are likely to have experienced `unexpected' or `unplanned' changes to their household travel. 49% of the sample consider travel prior to the selection of the property, and therefore are likely to have `anticipated' the travel outcomes. 75.5% do report considering travel issues such as proximity to work and shops during the search for their new home (whether this consideration is planning for change, or planning for as little change as possible). Finally, for 34.2% of the survey respondents travel issues were involved in prompting the move, and therefore some change to travel is likely to have been sought. It is concluded that the study does find evidence for travel behaviour change and travel habit weakening associated with a home move, and that therefore residential relocation appears to be an ideal time to target travel behaviour change interventions. It is suggested however that interventions are most likely to be effective if targeted to households in the process of determining their search criteria, or at least prior to final selection of the property. Many households appear to wish to reduce their travel upon moving, but are thwarted by lack of availability of suitable property and the complicated decisions involved in property search and selection. Interventions at such times if carefully designed therefore have the potential to be both effective and appreciated by recipients -a situation that is highly desirable for behaviour change campaigns.
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Rosenfeld, Orna. "Governance of relocation : an examination of residential relocation processes in housing market renewal pathfinder areas in England." Thesis, University of Westminster, 2012. https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/8z8zy/governance-of-relocation-an-examination-of-residential-relocation-processes-in-housing-market-renewal-pathfinder-areas-in-england.
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This thesis examines governance processes shaping policy-induced residential relocation in a differentiated polity. It has been known since the post Second World War slum clearance that demolition and residential relocation present some of the most complex forms of planning intervention. Whilst intended for the benefit of the wider community, when mismanaged, housing demolition and relocation may incur heavy psychological costs of enforced relocation and the social cost of the destruction of healthy communities. Launched in 2002, Housing Market Renewal (HMR) was the largest housing demolition initiative devised in the UK since the post Second World War slum clearance. Its key feature was the high degree of responsibility devolved to new sub-regional partnerships, the Pathfinders. The government did not provide standards nor guidance for residential relocation process or its outcomes. Pathfinders were entrusted to develop their strategies in response to their circumstances and contexts. Between 2002 and 2011, HMR partnerships demolished over 30,000 homes and acquired an additional 15,000. This caused approximately 50,000 residents to move from their homes. Yet research about residential relocation remains limited in several ways. Since the 1960s and 1970s, residential relocation has been examined as a matter of social and political debates, focusing mainly on negative residential relocation outcomes long after the process was over. This was no different in the case of HMR. HMR attracted the attention of critical gentrification research. This body of research argues that the gentrification in HMR is orchestrated by the state as the key actor and presents relocation outcomes as predominately negative. This study challenges that stand. Drawing on governance theory this research argues that understanding cross tenure residential relocation in the context of a differentiated polity entails an ability to grapple with disparate matters, such as institutional complexity, governmental fragmentation, multiplication of agencies and complex webs of relationships. Distinctively, it focuses on procedure and works towards devising a theoretical vehicle that shows how governance has a profound impact on relocation delivery. The thesis uses a sociological approach to research underpinned by grounded theory as qualitative methodology. The key primary source of data are over 40 face-to-face interviews conducted with important stakeholders from public, private and community sectors in two pilot studies, a qualitative survey of ten Pathfinders and an in-depth case study of Bridging Newcastle Pathfinder between 2007 and 2011. The findings show that cross tenure residential relocation in a differentiated polity is delivered by a complex network of actors from public, private and community sectors. Residential relocation practices vary on project scale and are shaped by interaction of five distinct processes. The relocation outcomes are the result of a network operation, differ on sub-regional, local authority, project and household level and are both positive and negative. The thesis recommends further exploration of „governance of relocation‟ as a model for researching residential relocation in other differentiated polity contexts and provides recommendations for future policy design.
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Burholt, Vanessa. "Testing behavioural and developmental models of migration : a re-evaluation of 'migration patterns among the elderly' and 'why older people move'." Thesis, Bangor University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.263275.
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Wasi, Nada. "Essays on household mobility, urban amenities, economic opportunities and costs /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3161970.
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Li, Sai-chung, and 李世忠. "Factors influencing elderly's residential satisfaction under the forced relocation of urban redevelopment / y Li Sai Chung." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/194918.
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Various studies from different universities indicated that Hong Kong is facing a serious housing problem especially for the singleton elderly. Lack of a viable retirement protection and the new trend of married children to live away their parents causes the elders become the major group of poor living alone in the sub-standard housing units in the old urban districts. The high demand for private flats has provided the impetus for private developers to launch the urban redevelopment projects. In the course of carrying out the redevelopment projects, the elders were forced to displace to a strange new community which makes them lost the social support and impairs their mental well-being. In addition, lack of offering local community relocation would discourage the elders to improve their living condition by opting for re-housing. By contrast, other scholar alleged that the physical characteristics of the housing environment are the major concern which affects the elder’s residential satisfactory the most and the social support from friends and neighbors played only a minor and insignificant role.
In order to explore the factors affecting the relocation choice of the elders upon urban redevelopment, personal in-depth interviews were conducted for 42 elders selected from 3 newly launched urban redevelopment projects. The findings shows that the elders desire for a self-contained public housing unit for improving their living condition but they would give up the chance if the local community relocation is not guaranteed. It is concluded that the elders would sacrifice their living condition in exchange of the local community continuity. Furthermore, the financial ability is the most crucial factor affecting their decision of the living arrangement and their residential satisfactory. Recommendations were proposed to URA for offering the needed elderly local community relocation by building their own rehousing blocks in the targeted districts. Moreover, the URA should focus on promoting building rehabilitation as the alternative for solving the problem of urban decay while would not impair the life of the poverty elders living in the old urban areas.published_or_final_version
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Dickinson, Simon Bernard. "Post-Disaster Mobilities: Exploring Household Relocation after the Canterbury Earthquakes." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Geography, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8797.
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During 2010 and 2011, a series of major earthquakes caused widespread damage in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. The magnitude 6.3 quake in February 2011 caused 185 fatalities. In the ensuing months, the government progressively zoned residential land in Christchurch on the basis of its suitability for future occupation (considering damage from these quakes and future earthquake risk). Over 6,000 homes were placed in the ‘red-zone’, meaning that property owners were forced to sell their land to the Crown. This study analysed patterns of residential mobility amongst thirty-one red-zone households from the suburb of Southshore, Christchurch. Drawing on interviews and surveys, the research traced their experience from the zoning announcement until they had moved to a new residence.
The research distinguished between short (before the zoning announcement) and long term (post the red zone ‘deadline’) forms of household relocation. The majority of households in the study were highly resistant to short term movement. Amongst those which did relocate before the zoning decision, the desire to maintain a valued social connection with a person outside of the earthquake environment was often an important factor. Some households also moved out of perceived necessity (e.g. due to lack of power or water).
In terms of long-term relocation, concepts of affordability and safety were much more highly valued by the sample when purchasing post-quake property. This resulted in a distinct patterning of post-quake housing location choices. Perceived control over the moving process, relationship with government organisations and insurance companies, and time spent in the red-zone before moving all heavily influenced participants’ disaster experience. Contrary to previous studies, households in
this study recorded higher levels of subjective well-being after relocating.
The study proposed a typology of movers in the Christchurch post-disaster environment. Four mobility behaviours, or types, are identified: the Committed Stayers (CSs), the Environment Re-Creators (ERCs), the Resigned Acceptors (RAs), and the Opportunistic Movers (OMs). The CSs were defined by their immobility rather than their relocation aspirations, whilst the ERCs attempted to recreate or retain aspects of Southshore through their mobility. The RAs expressed a form of apathy
towards the post-quake environment, whereas, on the other hand, the OMs moved relative to pre-earthquake plans, or opportunities that arose from the earthquake itself.
Possibilities for further research include examining household adaptability to new residential environments and tracking further mobility patterns in the years following relocation from the red-
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CHAN, Siu Pan Benny. "Impacts of residential relocation on stress, coping and quality of life among older persons in Hong Kong." Digital Commons @ Lingnan University, 2001. https://commons.ln.edu.hk/soc_etd/14.
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Residential relocation could potentially be injurious to older persons. Indeed, much of the research literature in Western societies points out that involuntary residential relocation may exert undesirable impacts on older persons’ lives. Those impacts could be even greater if the relocation was forced upon the individual one person. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to investigate the impacts of involuntary residential relocation on older persons’ quality of life, stress and coping in Hong Kong. From a review of the literature, it was hypothesized that there will be perceived stress during and after the process of residential relocation, and satisfaction with relocation arrangement and quality of elderly life are related.
This research method adopted was a one-shot group pretest-posttest experimental design with a panel study, having the dual purposes of explanation and description. Structured and semi-structured questionnaires were used to collect quantitative data and qualitative data in order to test the hypotheses, and provide subsequent policy information for the service and care providers. A total of 85 and 74 older persons were interviewed in the pretest (male=19 and female=66) and the posttest (male=15 and female=59) respectively. They were recruited from two public housing estates: Valley Road Estate and Ho Man Tin Estate, and almost all of them were finally relocated to Ho Man Tin South, effectively a relatively short-distance intra-urban relocation.
Most of the hypotheses of the study could be supported. The findings indicate that the respondents perceived stress from the relocation and associated financial strains from the costs. The greatest stress they faced was the processes before the actual move. Moreover, the results also revealed that their quality of life, both in the pretest and posttest studies, was statistically and significantly correlated to their stress, coping strategies and satisfaction with the existing housing. In addition, more than half of the respondents expressed the view that the non-government organizations gave them the greatest help or assistance in this stressful life event. Nonetheless, the respondents showed that they experienced higher levels of stress and lower satisfaction with new estate after the move in spite of the objectivity better living conditions. They also indicated that they had a lower quality of life and poorer coping strategies after the move. Thus, it appears that residential relocation is not generally favorable for successful ageing.
Furthermore, the female respondents and older persons who lived alone reported that they experienced more problems in the move than other respondents. The older residents from Valley Road Estate had greater satisfaction with the new housing than those from Ho Man Tin Estate perhaps because their residential environmental improvement were greater, offsetting some stresses of the move. Last but not least, some constructive suggestions were offered to all players, including the Housing Authority, the NGOs, the older persons and their families.
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Park, Kiduk. "Satisfied with People or Place?: The Effects of Relocation on the Social Ties, Place Attachment, and Residential Satisfaction." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1563531792677712.
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McLeod, Christine. "Changing places- Resilience in children who move." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1844.
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Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that over 40% of all Australian children moved at least one time in the census period from 1996 to 2001 (ABS, 2001). The literature varies in the impact that this has on children. The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between residential relocation, resilience and the emotional, behavioural and academic adjustment of children 8-12 years of age who had moved. Risk factors as identified in the literature as well as the relative impact of resilience were examined. By studying how adjustment occurs in the context of resilience, possible areas for prevention and intervention may be developed for the large numbers of children who move. Results showed that the sample population was in the normal range in academic and behavioural terms. The sample was found to have repeated more grades than average; however the children did not exhibit significant behavioural or emotional consequences. A number of demographic factors have been indicated in the literature as affecting adjustment after residential relocations, yet these were generally not found to be significantly associated with adjustment for this study population. Socioeconomic status was the only factor other than resilience to have been significantly associated with adjustment. Possibly due to the developmental stage of the participants, only the resilience subscales of interpersonal strength and school functioning were found to be significant in their positive association with adjustment, leading to fewer behavioural and academic problems. While the children in this study have all had the potential stress of moving house, the demographic characteristics of this sample would suggest that they might not have had to encounter multiple life challenges or adversities. This conclusion may help explain the lack of significant effects of demographic factors on the adjustment of the children in this sample. Results highlight the importance of good schooling and that the core business of schools in building and enhancing the intellectual functioning of children, is a vital component in the development of resilience. These findings suggest that different aspects of resilience may be important for different developmental stages and different life stressors. The distinction between cause and effect when examining resilience factors is discussed and it is suggested that outcomes in one context may be treated as influences upon outcomes in another context.
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McLeod, Christine. "Changing places resilience in children who move /." University of Sydney, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1844.
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Master of Science/Doctor of Clinical PsychologyFigures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that over 40% of all Australian children moved at least one time in the census period from 1996 to 2001 (ABS, 2001). The literature varies in the impact that this has on children. The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between residential relocation, resilience and the emotional, behavioural and academic adjustment of children 8-12 years of age who had moved. Risk factors as identified in the literature as well as the relative impact of resilience were examined. By studying how adjustment occurs in the context of resilience, possible areas for prevention and intervention may be developed for the large numbers of children who move. Results showed that the sample population was in the normal range in academic and behavioural terms. The sample was found to have repeated more grades than average; however the children did not exhibit significant behavioural or emotional consequences. A number of demographic factors have been indicated in the literature as affecting adjustment after residential relocations, yet these were generally not found to be significantly associated with adjustment for this study population. Socioeconomic status was the only factor other than resilience to have been significantly associated with adjustment. Possibly due to the developmental stage of the participants, only the resilience subscales of interpersonal strength and school functioning were found to be significant in their positive association with adjustment, leading to fewer behavioural and academic problems. While the children in this study have all had the potential stress of moving house, the demographic characteristics of this sample would suggest that they might not have had to encounter multiple life challenges or adversities. This conclusion may help explain the lack of significant effects of demographic factors on the adjustment of the children in this sample. Results highlight the importance of good schooling and that the core business of schools in building and enhancing the intellectual functioning of children, is a vital component in the development of resilience. These findings suggest that different aspects of resilience may be important for different developmental stages and different life stressors. The distinction between cause and effect when examining resilience factors is discussed and it is suggested that outcomes in one context may be treated as influences upon outcomes in another context.
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De, Wet C. J. "An analysis of the social and economic consequences of residential relocation arising out of the implementation of an agricultural development scheme in a rural Ciskei village." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008090.
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From preface: This dissertation is concerned with the impact of the implementation of a particular kind of agricultural development project, viz. Betterment Planning, upon a rural Black village in the Keiskammahoek Magisterial District of the Ciskei, in South Africa. The project was implemented in the mid-1960s, and involved the re-organisation of the village environment into demarcated arable, grazing and residential areas, which necessitated the villagers moving from their old, scattered residential clusters to several new, concentrated residential areas. This dissertation seeks to trace the consequences of this development project, and particularly the socio-economic consequences of the residential relocation that it involved.
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Helderman, Amanda Chantal. "Continuities in homeownership and residential relocations." [S.l. : Amsterdam : s.n.] ; Universiteit van Amsterdam [Host], 2007. http://dare.uva.nl/document/45658.
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Nilsson, Lovisa, Frida Jarnebrink, and Gabriella Lilljeqvist. "Socialt hållbar fysisk miljö på glesbygden." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för byggteknik (BY), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-106182.
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There are more people in rural areas today that will relocate to a bigger city and the urban areas are increasing towards this negative development. Cities will be overcrowded in the future, meanwhile the population in sparsely populated areas decreases. In sparsely populated areas, there are fewer possibilities in work and education, there is also limited access to service and public transportation. This study focuses on social sustainable physical environment in sparsely populated areas. The purpose of this project is to produce a proposal on a design of a new residential area in urban areas with social sustainability aspects. The study focuses exclusively on the physical environment and how it can further social sustainability for the residents. Because of the fact that more people relocate to bigger cities, the council of Bengtsfors wants to change this negative process. For the benefit of the citizens, Bengtsfors needs more and better public meeting areas but also more possibilities regarding work and education. By making Bengtsfors a more appealing place, the chance of people staying increases. As part of the study a survey was made, where the citizens of Bengtsfors county got the chance to make their voices heard by answering questions. Interviews with people working for the council and the company Fridh & Hell bygg AB were also made. The result of the survey and the interviews showed that public places and green areas were important, this was then implemented in the final proposal of the design.
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Sigaud, Thomas. "Mobilités résidentielles et professionnelles des salariés en France : entreprises, marchés et territoires, une articulation en tension." Phd thesis, Université Paris Dauphine - Paris IX, 2014. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01066780.
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Qu'elle soit présentée comme un outil privilégié de gestion des ressources humaines ou comme une solution aux dysfonctionnements du marché du travail, la mobilité résidentielle des salariés est au cœur d'un faisceau d'injonctions qui ignorent les conceptions de l'habiter fondées sur la stabilité et l'ancrage dans les lieux. Cette thèse propose d'étudier la façon dont les individus articulent leurs mobilités résidentielles et professionnelles en croisant des dispositifs d'enquête quantitative et qualitative. Les mobilités résidentielles en France ne sont pas plus fréquentes qu'à la fin des années 1960, et elles coïncident autant avec des mobilités professionnelles ascendantes que descendantes. Se pose alors la question des logiques sociales d'émergence et de résolution de la mobilité résidentielle. La mobilité des salariés est un dispositif de gestion des ressources humaines qu'il faut confronter aux logiques sociales de l'ancrage dans les territoires. Les mobiles doivent faire une difficile " entrée en territoire " dont on a étudié la résolution en observant le travail d'intermédiation d'acteurs marchands, les sociétés de " relocation ". Un marché de l'accompagnement à la mobilité émerge difficilement, et sa dynamique concurrentielle atypique impacte la conciliation de la vie privée et de la vie professionnelle des salariés.
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Kanaan, Mouayad. "Les quartiers non-réglementaires de l'agglomération de Damas : entre les projets urbains et les initiatives des habitants." Thesis, Lyon 3, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014LYO30065.
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Cette thèse de doctorat repose essentiellement sur notre analyse critique des études et des projets menés par différents consultants (syriens, européens, internationaux) et sur nos enquêtes de terrain à Damas, capitale de la Syrie. En 2004, près de 40 % de la population de l’agglomération de Damas vivaient dans des zones non-réglementaires. Celles-ci représentent donc une composante essentielle de l’expansion urbaine. Premièrement, la thèse analyse le phénomène de l’habitat non-réglementaire à Damas. Elle explique le marché foncier et les caractéristiques des lotissements clandestins dans trois études de cas, deux quartiers: Assad Al Din et Daf Al Chok et un village : Al Bahdalya. Elle montre également comment le maître d’œuvre effectue les étapes de sa construction. Deuxièmement, la thèse traite de la politique urbaine. Elle présente les consultants : MAM, Cities Alliance, Al Diwan, qui ont mené des études et des projets pour les zones étudiées. Elle examine ici leurs études et projets dans une analyse critique approfondie. Troisièmement, la thèse traite de la politique urbaine à l’épreuve des usagers. Elle étudie les caractéristiques socioéconomiques des habitants interviewés des zones étudiées, leur mobilité résidentielle et leurs attitudes à l’égard des projets et des études proposés. Certains des chefs de ménage interviewés pensent qu’ils seront logés, mais beaucoup pensent qu’ils seront expulsés. C'est pourquoi la thèse traite finalement la question du relogement en s’appuyant sur notre enquête de terrain dans une banlieue de relogement Al HussainyahThis dissertation is mainly based on our critical analysis of studies and projects by different consultants (Syrian, European, international) and on our fieldwork in Damascus, capital of Syria. In 2004, nearly 40 % of the population in the urban district of Damascus lived in informal settlements. Therefore, these settlements represent an essential component of urban expansion. Firstly, the dissertation analyzes the phenomenon of informal habitat in Damascus. It explains the land market and the characteristics of illegal settlements in three case studies, two neighborhoods: Assad Al Din and Daf Al Chok and a village: Al Bahdalya. It also shows how the builder performs the different phases of construction. Secondly, the thesis deals with urban policy. It presents the consultants: MAM, Cities Alliance, Al Diwan, who have undertaken studies and projects for the areas mentioned above. Here, the dissertation examines their studies and projects to provide critical, in depth analysis. Thirdly, the dissertation deals with the urban policy as perceived by the citizens. It studies socioeconomic characteristics of the interviewed inhabitants in the areas studied here, residential mobility and their attitudes towards projects and studies proposed to them. Some of interviewed household’s heads think they will be given a house, but many think they will be evicted. That is why the dissertation finally addresses the issue of relocation which is based on our fieldwork in the re-housing suburb of Al Hussainyah
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Collins, Donna Catherine. "A longitudinal perspective of residential relocation among Manitoba seniors." 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/12301.
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Crisp, Dimity Ann. "Transitions in later life : the impact of residential relocation on well-being." Phd thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/150914.
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In the face of normative age-related declines in health and mobility, increasing numbers of older adults are considering self-care accommodation within the context of a retirement community as a mechanism to maintain independence. Whilst the benefits of down-sizing in older age are well established, relocation to a retirement community offers the additional provision of a) facilities to cater for current and anticipated future healthcare needs; b) general household maintenance and/or cleaning services; c) the security of an enclosed complex that increases older adults' sense of physical safety; and d) a close and supportive community network that reduces social isolation. The present study employed a prospective longitudinal design to examine the adaptation of 83 older Australians (aged 57 to 90 years) to independent living units within a retirement village over a 12 month period. A number of health, subjective well-being, and social network outcomes are examined. Comparisons are made with a sample of community-dwelling older adults of the same age. A promising indicator of the decision to relocate as a positive life change, results indicate that 12-months post-relocation, those who relocated to the village rated the environment as more positive than their pre-move residence. A reduction in perceived loneliness and an increase in neighbour social networks were then found to be the most significant benefits to relocation. Characteristics of those older adults likely to adapt best to living in a retirement village were dependent largely on the outcome in question. Contextual factors associated with the move, physical health, personality characteristics, and perceived control each contributed to adjustment.This investigation of the impact of relocationtoa retirement village on the social networks and well-being of older adults provides an important contribution to our understanding of the needs and experiences of our ageing community. Both government policy and aged care providers should benefit from monitoring and continued improvement of housing options for older adults. Through indentifying the needs and experiences of our older population, along with the factors characterizing successful transition, we can strive to ensure that relocation performed either out of preference or necessity is a positive experience and a step toward continued healthy ageing.
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Peristerakis, Julia. ""We must separate them from their families": Canadian policies of child apprehension and relocation from Indigenous communities." 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/24015.
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Debate has been reignited about whether genocide occurred in Canada. The residential school system has garnered attention as a system of attempted genocide, involving the forcible removal of Indigenous children from their families and communities with the goal of assimilating those children into Anglo-European culture. The residential school system began to wind down in the 1960s, but the introduction of provincial child welfare services on reserves and the migration of many Indigenous families to urban centres led to increased apprehension of children from their families by the state. Most of these children were placed with non-Indigenous foster and adoptive families, often out-of-province and sometimes out-of-country. This period of apprehension and relocation of Indigenous children came to be known as the Sixties Scoop. In this paper, I examine the continuities between the residential school system and the Sixties Scoop era of the child welfare system using a relational genocide framework to analyze attempted group destruction. The main finding of this thesis is that the forcible removal of Indigenous children from one group to another threatened the survival of Indigenous communities and the ability of groups to reproduce themselves according to their own cultural codes.
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Chang, Hui Dun, and 張惠惇. "Dissertation on How Elderly People Adapt to Relocation and Self-Identity Reconstruction at Residential Care Homes." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/45749291740854399009.
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The coming of aging societies is a global trend and Taiwan is included as one of the aging societies, thus elderly people’s relocation and the increase in caring facilities have drawn attention by the government, the academic and the institutional caring industry. Previous studies on relocation adaption focused mainly on Gerontology and the establishment of residential care home devices, few people spend time figuring out how do elders get used to the new environment during the adaptation . It is important for designers to take into account the inner feelings of elderly people as while as their viewpoints toward the stage of old age. Therefore, my main focus of this dissertation is to figure out the reasons for elderly people’s relocation during the three stages of old age (“young old,” “old,” and “old old ”) and how they adapt to new environment. Finally, if their definition of family has changed after they relocate to caring facilities as their final home. This research hopes to inspire designers by understanding different stages of adaptation of elders, and to provide them with a safe and healthy living environment both physically and mentally instead of providing them so-called good products. Keywords: elders、relocation、adaptation、self-recognition、Residential Care Homes
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Li, Yun-Syuan, and 李韻玄. "The Study on Association Between Geographic Relocation and Mental Disease by Using Different Residential Mobility Systems." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/98576121404203473469.
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碩士國立臺北護理健康大學
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Background and objectives Geographic relocation in the field of epidemiology is a very important factor, and it may be a causation with health. That is, geographic relocation may have an impact on health status, so does health. In the past, measuring geographic relocation was conducted by using questionnaire, population registration data and geographic information systems to estimate the residential situation; apart from the survey, the contents can not exactly find out an individual's residential status. In this study, I use National Health Insurance Research Database to build different residential mobility systems to explore the relationship between geographic relocation and disease; precising the measurement in database, and making an analysis with mental disease as an example. Research methods A retrospective study design was conducted. Data will retrieve from the National Health Insurance Research Database issued by National Institutes of Health. We set up the year 2010 as the study baseline, and then tracking back from 2002. The generalized estimating equations, GEE, will build a living unstable coefficient and be applied to explore the relationship between geographic relocation and mental disease. Research results Regardless of age, gender, mental disease (dementia, schizophrenia, affective psychosis, and neurosis), the relationship between geographic relocation and mental disease is significant. As for the age group between 30-50 , in the absence of mental disease, if their geographic relocation was more unstable, then they may have a lower risk of suffering mental disease in the future; and when they have mental disease, their life will be more unstable. As for population over 65 : in the absence of mental disease, if their geographic relocation was more unstable, then they may have a higher risk of suffering mental disease in the future; And when they have mental disease their life will be more stable. Conclusions and recommendations The younger population has a higher proportion of changing geographic relocation then the older population; studies have shown that the experience of changing geographic relocation in different periods of life, may have a cumulative effect on the mental health or health behaviors in the middle age; some studies also confirmed that the continuous incremental change with age-has a highly correlated relation with geographic relocation changes. Using the living unstable coefficient, we can find out the residential status in individual level, analyze other objects from the person, and explore the correlation between their living situation and objects. The living unstable coefficient is possible to make up for past deficiencies in the estimation of geographic relocation.
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Baker, Emma. "Public Housing Tenant Relocation: Residential Mobility, Satisfaction, and the Development of a Tenant's Spatial Decision Support System." 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/37909.
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This study is an examination of residential mobility and its outcomes focussing on the forced relocation of public housing tenants from The Parks area of metropolitan Adelaide. In Euro-American countries, this type of residential mobility is increasingly used as a means of facilitating urban regeneration and countering the effects of the ongoing decrease in local public housing stock. The result is growing numbers of public tenants affected by relocation. The study agues that these public tenants have the right to a basic level of residential satisfaction, and in order for this satisfaction to be provided; the conditions and character of its formation must be understood. The thesis examines residential mobility and the formation of residential satisfaction to provide a basis for understanding the outcomes and effects of relocation, who is most affected, and how to target solutions to improve the relocation process. Despite the fact that households experience similar influences, and make their residential decisions in largely predictable ways, the formulation of residential satisfaction and the effects of relocation are highly individualised. Successful relocation is shown to be dependent on the inclusion of tenants' expert knowledge about their own residential satisfaction; this means that resident involvement in the process is crucial. This thesis investigates a means of combining these findings to improve the outcome of the relocation process for each individual tenant and their household. A prototype Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) is constructed to allow relocating tenants to participate in their own relocation decision process. This SDSS allows local, spatially referenced information to be combined with each tenants own expert knowledge. This information is combined through a structured decision process, which is presented in a portable computer program with a simplified user interface. This SDSS is tested by relocating tenants and key stakeholders from The Parks to evaluate its usefulness in improving the relocation process.Thesis (Ph.D.)--Geography and Environmental Studies, 2002.
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Jones, Stuart. "Employment relocation, residential preference, and transportation mode choice: the case of the Justice Institute of BC [sic]." Thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/5957.
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Over the last 100 years technological improvements in urban travel in terms of
reliability and speed, has meant increased mobility for residents. This was accelerated with
the advent of the automobile. It allowed many to move to the suburbs that were typified
by less expensive lower density housing, and commute longer distances to their place of
work. Today, in urban areas, cars are the main means of urban transport. The problem
arises in major urban areas across North American when everyone tries to travel at the
same time (usually during to trip to and from work). Urban areas are faced with problems
of congestion (during rush hour) along with the lack of attractive transit alternatives.
One aspect of this problem is examined in terms commuting habits. The purpose
of this exercise is to examine the commuting habits of Justice Institute employees whose
place of work moves from the West Side of Vancouver to New Westminister. In the
postmove period employees made a number of decisions regarding their modal-type and
residential location. These decisions may have a significant impact on their activities and
travel patterns in the city.
The goal is to collect data that would indicate the place of residence of employees
before and after the Justice Institute move. It should also include employee modal-type in
the pre and postmove periods of the move. Such information is important in the
understanding the changes' employees make regarding their residential location and modal-type
and the reasons for these changes. As well, employee characteristics such as income
can influence these decisions. Such decisions are based on employee's preferences, likes and dislikes regarding their neighbourhood and modal-type. Within this framework, it is
the goal of this analysis to understand how employees make trade-offs between where
they live and the time they spend commuting to and from work. The correlation
parameter may describe the tendency for some commuters to locate themselves close to
their employment.
The analysis of the survey results will help planners understand more about the
urban transport problem. Within this framework, planners can learn why people choose to
travel by car instead of transit. This may be related to choice of neighbourhood. It may
be that employees choose neighbourhoods that they like to live in regardless of their place
of work. Thus, to understand more about the transport problem planners need to know
what kinds of neighbourhoods attract people.
If the quality of neighbourhoods is an important factor regarding employees'
choice of residential location, any transport plan must include land-use initiatives that
attempt to create neighbourhoods that attract people. The idea is to bridge the two;
otherwise conflicting land-use policies could easily undermine any transport plan. Within
this framework, policy must be geared to bring home and places of work closer together.
This means creating vibrant neighbourhoods that contain a variety of land-use that could
create more employment opportunities closer to home. Neighbourhoods should not only
create just residential uses alone. That would mean people would have less distance to
travel. This would also mean creating pedestrian and transit friendly neighbourhoods.
Less emphasis would be given to the car and more to alternative methods of transport.
Such policies can go along way in reducing the dependence on the car.
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Baker, Emma Louise. "Public Housing Tenant Relocation: Residential Mobility, Satisfaction, and the Development of a Tenant's Spatial Decision Support System." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/37909.
Full textAbstract:
This study is an examination of residential mobility and its outcomes focussing on the forced relocation of public housing tenants from The Parks area of metropolitan Adelaide. In Euro-American countries, this type of residential mobility is increasingly used as a means of facilitating urban regeneration and countering the effects of the ongoing decrease in local public housing stock. The result is growing numbers of public tenants affected by relocation. The study agues that these public tenants have the right to a basic level of residential satisfaction, and in order for this satisfaction to be provided; the conditions and character of its formation must be understood.
The thesis examines residential mobility and the formation of residential satisfaction to provide a basis for understanding the outcomes and effects of relocation, who is most affected, and how to target solutions to improve the relocation process. Despite the fact that households experience similar influences, and make their residential decisions in largely predictable ways, the formulation of residential satisfaction and the effects of relocation are highly individualised. Successful relocation is shown to be dependent on the inclusion of tenants' expert knowledge about their own residential satisfaction; this means that resident involvement in the process is crucial. This thesis investigates a means of combining these findings to improve the outcome of the relocation process for each individual tenant and their household.
A prototype Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) is constructed to allow relocating tenants to participate in their own relocation decision process. This SDSS allows local, spatially referenced information to be combined with each tenants own expert knowledge. This information is combined through a structured decision process, which is presented in a portable computer program with a simplified user interface. This SDSS is tested by relocating tenants and key stakeholders from The Parks to evaluate its usefulness in improving the relocation process.Thesis (Ph.D.)--Geography and Environmental Studies, 2002.
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Ozretich, Robin Nathaniel. ""Because we didn't have nowhere to go" : residential instability among rural low-income families." Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/29441.
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The purpose of this study was to identify and examine risk and protective factors
associated with residential instability within a sample of rural low-income mothers.
Residential instability was defined as two or more residential moves within the course of
a year. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to compare residentially stable
and residentially unstable participants in order to isolate the factors that differentiated the
two groups. These factors were analyzed through life course and ecological theoretical
perspectives. Significant factors associated with residential instability included childhood
and adulthood contexts, as well as changes in family structures throughout the life course.
Based on the findings from this sample, it could be conservatively estimated that
10 to 25% of rural low-income families with children were residentially unstable between
2000 and 2001. Previous research has pointed to the severe negative educational, social,
and developmental impacts of residential instability on children. Findings from this study
suggest that the children who are most at risk for future residential instability in any
given year are likely to have experienced residential instability already, compounding the
impact of residential instability on these children. This study also supports the previous
finding that residential instability is transmitted across generations, with childhood
residential instability predictive of residential instability in adulthood.
Participants who had moved frequently during childhood were significantly more
likely to be residentially unstable, as were participants who had been homeless within the
two years previous to being surveyed. Participants who were sharing housing with
relatives were also at risk of residential instability, due to strain on relationships between
participants' families and the relatives with whom they were sharing housing.
Relationship strain associated with residential instability also occurred between
participants and their partners, with partnership separation significantly predictive of
residential instability. Many residentially unstable participants went through cycles of
moving in and out of relatives' and/or partners households, moving in and out with
partners, or both.
The connection between previous residential instability and subsequent residential
instability was theorized to be associated with persistent poverty, and may also have
indicated other destabilizing conditions. Difficulty in maintaining relationships or holding
down a job, mental health problems, poor survival skills, or patterns of bad choices were
all destabilizing conditions that could theoretically lead to residential instability. These
destabilizing conditions may have often been associated with persistent poverty and their
consequences may have been amplified by persistent poverty.Graduation date: 2005
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Tavares, Luísa Mendes. "Satisfação residencial e oportunidades de acesso ao emprego em contexto de realojamento: histórias de vida no bairro da Quinta da Fonte na Apelação." Master's thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/6489.
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Este trabalho pretende estudar a relação entre a satisfação residencial e as oportunidades de acesso ao emprego por parte de população oriunda de PALOP’s em contexto de realojamento. Pretende-se saber se após o realojamento no Bairro da Quinta da Fonte, os indivíduos oriundos dos PALOP’s tiveram melhores oportunidades de emprego e conseguiram desenvolver oportunidades de projetos de vida. É sabido que as vantagens de uma melhor condição habitacional não esgotam, nem determinam espontaneamente uma melhoria geral da qualidade de vida nos indivíduos realojados. Assim importa conhecer quais os fatores que facilitam ou dificultam este processo no que respeita ao acesso ao emprego.
Este Bairro é um Bairro de realojamento social desde 1995 e situa-se no concelho de Loures, freguesia de Apelação. Trata-se de um estudo de caso com recurso a uma abordagem compreensiva, que pretende contribuir para apoiar os responsáveis de Políticas Públicas na condução de processos de realojamentos e sobretudo na melhoria de condições de qualidade de vida dos realojados, em questões de emprego e desenvolvimento de projetos de vida, neste Bairro social. Este estudo privilegiou entrevistas semidiretivas a indivíduos realojados oriundos dos PALOP´s.
Este estudo está dividido em 4 capítulos: Capítulo I Enquadramento Geral; Capítulo II Enquadramento Teórico; Capítulo III Hipóteses, Grelha Analítica e Metodologia; Capítulo IV Análise e Discussão dos Resultados e por fim a Conclusão e Reflexão Critica acompanhado de Anexo e Referências Bibliográficas.This paper aims to study the relationship between residential satisfaction and the opportunities of employment by PALOP´s people in the context of resettlement. It also aims to know if after the resettlement at Quinta da Fonte neighborhood, people from PALOP had better opportunity of employment, and if they were able to develop their life projects. It’s known that the advantages to have better housing condition do not exhaust, neither determine general improvement of life quality of these people who are resettled. Therefore, it is important to know what factors facilitate or impede the access to employment, in this process. Quinta da Fonte is a social resettlement since 1995 and it is locate at Loures district, Apelação village. This is a case study using a comprehensible approach that aims to help responsible for public policy to lead the processes of resettlement, but above all to improve the quality of life of these population taking into consideration employment and development of life projects in this social neighborhood. This paper focuses on semidirect interview to resettled inhabitants with origin in PALOP`s. This study is divided in four chapters: Chapter I-General Framework; Chapter II- Theoretical Framework; Chapter III- Hypotheses, Analytic Grid and Methodology; Chapter IV-Analyses and Data discussion, Conclusion and Critical Reflection followed by Appendix and Bibliography References