Identifying the Impact of Social Capital on Quality of Urban Life (Evidence from Iran)
In this study we investigated the relationship between social capital (SC) and quality of urban life (QoUL). In fact, by using the concept of SC, we examined accuracy of the causal relationship among the three dimensions of the QoUL (objective, subjective and behavioral). The 22 district of Tehran was our case study. This district officially ran in 2000. The main tool for data collection was questionnaire and its constructs were directly extracted from the literature review. According to Cochran formula a total 384 questionnaire were distributed among participants. The data obtained from the questionnaire were analyzed in ...
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Can Smart City Construction Enhance Citizens ’ Perception of Safety? A Case Study of Nanjing, China
AbstractThe construction of smart cities may bring positive and negative effects simultaneously on citizens ’ perception of safety (CPS), while previous studies in the field of smart city construction paied significant attention to safety-related technologies but ignored CPS. Therefore, this work developed an indicator set consisting of five primary and eleven secondary indicators. A model integrating analytical network process and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation was used to evaluate CPS in smart cities. Nanjing, a pilot smart city in China, was adopted as the case to demonstrate the proposed evaluation methodology. The ...
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Identifying the Impact of Social Capital on Quality of Urban Life (Evidence from Iran)
In this study we investigated the relationship between social capital (SC) and quality of urban life (QoUL). In fact, by using the concept of SC, we examined accuracy of the causal relationship among the three dimensions of the QoUL (objective, subjective and behavioral). The 22 district of Tehran was our case study. This district officially ran in 2000. The main tool for data collection was questionnaire and its constructs were directly extracted from the literature review. According to Cochran formula a total 384 questionnaire were distributed among participants. The data obtained from the questionnaire were analyzed in ...
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Housing Welfare, Personal Responsibility, and Morale in Hong Kong
AbstractControversies ring about the impacts of housing welfare on people ’s responsibility and morale to help themselves and others. On the one hand, exchange theory predicts that receiving public welfare triggers responsibility to raise morale for returning favors to the public. On the other hand, the reception may weaken responsibility and morale through stigmatizati on. To address the controversies, this study analyzes survey data on 1088 adults in Hong Kong, China. Results reveal the contributions of receiving the housing loan, rental public housing, and purchased public housing to personal responsibility and morale...
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Evaluation for the Development of Urban Agglomeration Integration: A Case Study of Pearl River Delta
AbstractWith the advancement of urbanization, urban agglomerations have become a main carrier of China ’s development. As the ultimate stage of urban agglomeration, the realization of urban agglomeration integration (UAI) plays a dominant role in regional prosperity. Appropriate evaluation of UAI could monitor the integration level and guide its coordinated development. However, little attention ha s been paid to UAI evaluation research. To this end, this study proposes a comprehensive evaluation model to investigate UAI via the entropy method blended with TOPSIS. Furthermore, utilizing grey relational analysis (GRA), cr...
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Housing Welfare, Personal Responsibility, and Morale in Hong Kong
AbstractControversies ring about the impacts of housing welfare on people ’s responsibility and morale to help themselves and others. On the one hand, exchange theory predicts that receiving public welfare triggers responsibility to raise morale for returning favors to the public. On the other hand, the reception may weaken responsibility and morale through stigmatizati on. To address the controversies, this study analyzes survey data on 1088 adults in Hong Kong, China. Results reveal the contributions of receiving the housing loan, rental public housing, and purchased public housing to personal responsibility and morale...
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Evaluation for the Development of Urban Agglomeration Integration: A Case Study of Pearl River Delta
AbstractWith the advancement of urbanization, urban agglomerations have become a main carrier of China ’s development. As the ultimate stage of urban agglomeration, the realization of urban agglomeration integration (UAI) plays a dominant role in regional prosperity. Appropriate evaluation of UAI could monitor the integration level and guide its coordinated development. However, little attention ha s been paid to UAI evaluation research. To this end, this study proposes a comprehensive evaluation model to investigate UAI via the entropy method blended with TOPSIS. Furthermore, utilizing grey relational analysis (GRA), cr...
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Does Urban Shrinkage Inhibit Residents' Welfare? From the Perspective of Urban –Rural Development in China
AbstractEliminating poverty and improving welfare are the value pursuit of global development. Based on the panel data of prefecture-level cities in China from 2010 to 2020, the path relationship among urban shrinkage, urban –rural development, and residents' welfare growth is empirically tested. The heterogeneity of urban shrinkage affecting residents' welfare are further revealed from multidimensional perspectives such as public financial pressure, attention to ageing cause, provincial capital welfare spillover, lan d expansion, and geographic differences. The research shows that: (1) Urban shrinkage not only directly ...
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
From the Referential Pattern of Universal Values (RPUV) to a new Index of Human Development (HDI)
AbstractThis work pursues two theoretical objectives: first, theinstrumental one: to report on a"Referential Pattern of Universal Values (RPUV)" that allows simple mathematical formulations on certain basic concepts in Sociology; and second, thefinalist: to propose, in the light of these formulations, a new"Human Development Index (HDI)" that can replace that of the United Nations and other organizations. This second objective will be based on three precise criticisms: first, because the known indices are limited to the sum of a few indicators, but they do not contemplate thetotality of"needs and v...
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 6, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The Causal Relationship Between Volunteering and Social Cohesion: A Large Scale Analysis of Secondary Longitudinal Data
AbstractIt is often taken for granted that social cohesion and volunteering are inextricably related. Previous research suggests both that social cohesion creates a conducive environment for volunteering to emerge and that volunteering itself facilitates feelings of social cohesion. Despite this, much of the existing evidence on this relationship is limited to cross-sectional research that precludes any assessment of potential causality. In this paper we present a secondary analysis of two large scale and longitudinal social surveys in the UK: the Understanding Society Household Longitudinal Study and the Beyond Us and The...
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The Political Effects of Economic Inequality: Evidence from Hong Kong
This study yields several important findings. Citizens’ perceived economic inequality is positively correlated with support for government redistribution and support for political autonomy. However, perceived economic ine quality is not associated with citizens’ propensity to join social protests. We find that political values and citizens’ identities influence their demand for political autonomy and propensity to join protests. Our study thus sheds fresh light on the effect of economic inequality on a developed economy. (Source: Social Indicators Research)
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Correction to: Entangled Inequalities: U.S. Trends in Self-Rated Health at the Intersection of Gender and Race, 1972 –2018
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Source: Social Indicators Research - January 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The Causal Relationship Between Volunteering and Social Cohesion: A Large Scale Analysis of Secondary Longitudinal Data
AbstractIt is often taken for granted that social cohesion and volunteering are inextricably related. Previous research suggests both that social cohesion creates a conducive environment for volunteering to emerge and that volunteering itself facilitates feelings of social cohesion. Despite this, much of the existing evidence on this relationship is limited to cross-sectional research that precludes any assessment of potential causality. In this paper we present a secondary analysis of two large scale and longitudinal social surveys in the UK: the Understanding Society Household Longitudinal Study and the Beyond Us and The...
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
