Desirable Dense Neighbourhoods: An Environmental Psychological Approach for Understanding Community Resistance to Densification

This study investigates the underlying factors behind community resistance to increasing housing density in neighbourhoods. It aims to understand the dimensions of what a community would consider to be a ‘desired dense’ place or neighbourhood. This is conceived within the framework of a collaborativ...

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Main Author: Nematollahi, Shohreh
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70705
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description This study investigates the underlying factors behind community resistance to increasing housing density in neighbourhoods. It aims to understand the dimensions of what a community would consider to be a ‘desired dense’ place or neighbourhood. This is conceived within the framework of a collaborative placemaking process built on a constructive dialogue between community and other stakeholders aimed at generating development proposals which might harmonise with the community’s perception of desirable living conditions.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-707052018-12-04T01:25:30Z Desirable Dense Neighbourhoods: An Environmental Psychological Approach for Understanding Community Resistance to Densification Nematollahi, Shohreh This study investigates the underlying factors behind community resistance to increasing housing density in neighbourhoods. It aims to understand the dimensions of what a community would consider to be a ‘desired dense’ place or neighbourhood. This is conceived within the framework of a collaborative placemaking process built on a constructive dialogue between community and other stakeholders aimed at generating development proposals which might harmonise with the community’s perception of desirable living conditions. 2018 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70705 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Nematollahi, Shohreh
Desirable Dense Neighbourhoods: An Environmental Psychological Approach for Understanding Community Resistance to Densification
title Desirable Dense Neighbourhoods: An Environmental Psychological Approach for Understanding Community Resistance to Densification
title_full Desirable Dense Neighbourhoods: An Environmental Psychological Approach for Understanding Community Resistance to Densification
title_fullStr Desirable Dense Neighbourhoods: An Environmental Psychological Approach for Understanding Community Resistance to Densification
title_full_unstemmed Desirable Dense Neighbourhoods: An Environmental Psychological Approach for Understanding Community Resistance to Densification
title_short Desirable Dense Neighbourhoods: An Environmental Psychological Approach for Understanding Community Resistance to Densification
title_sort desirable dense neighbourhoods: an environmental psychological approach for understanding community resistance to densification
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70705