It’s in the social network: The Social Neighbourhood model to unravel local social structures for liveable and safe neighbourhoods

Slingerland, G.; Nikolic, I.; Brazier, F.M.

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2023.104215

It’s in the social network: The Social Neighbourhood model to unravel local social structures for liveable and safe neighbourhoods

Title

It’s in the social network: The Social Neighbourhood model to unravel local social structures for liveable and safe neighbourhoods

Author

Slingerland, G. (TU Delft System Engineering)
Nikolic, I. (TU Delft System Engineering)
Brazier, F.M. (TU Delft System Engineering)

Date

2023

Abstract

Fast growth of cities decreases the quality of life in these places. In response, Municipalities install policies aiming to improve local livability. While literature suggests social structures to have a defining impact on policy effectiveness, current evaluation metrics are not able to take this into account. This paper presents the Social Neighbourhood model, an agent-based model used to simulate and explore how livability changes in a neighbourhood given various social structures and policies. The model is applied to a neighbourhood in The Hague, Netherlands. The main result of the modelling experiments is that social structures have a very strong influence on whether or not a policy to improve livability is effective. Three hypotheses, concerning this relationship between social structures, livability, and policy interventions are drawn up as a starting point for future research.

Subject

Policy-making
Livability
Urban neighbourhoods
Agent-based model
Simulations

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104215

ISSN

0264-2751

Source

Cities: the international journal of urban policy and planning, 135, 1-14

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