Mingling, observing, and lingering: everyday public spaces and their implications for well-being and social relations
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...…community (e.g., frequency and intensity to which people interact on the street); and 5. extent to which people from different ethnic, age, and other demographic groups are observed as present within the community as well as interacting (e.g., see Kelly and MunozLaboy, 2005; Cattell et al., 2008)....
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...extent to which people from different ethnic, age, and other demographic groups are observed as present within the community as well as interacting (e.g., see Kelly and MunozLaboy, 2005; Cattell et al., 2008)....
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...…reflects Georg Simmel’s relational perspectives on how space (e.g., distance) serves as a context for individual and group action, as well as the creation of social types (e.g., stranger) and social forms (e.g., exchange and conflict, Wolff, 1950; Lechner, 1991; see also Cattell et al., 2008)....
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...For example, social interactions in urban green spaces can provide opportunities to bond with others, develop their sense of community, and regroup from the demands of daily life [21]....
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...Reviews of the relationship between nature and health suggest that social cohesion is positively influenced by the presence and quality of urban green spaces such as parks and forests [4,10,21,22]....
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...…focused on ‘macro’ features such as location and proximity (e.g., Grahn and Stigsdotter, 2003; Lund, 2003), rather than ‘micro’ features, such as the qualities of, and amenities within POS, that might encourage POS use, foster social relations and enhance mental health (e.g., Cattell et al, 2008)....
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...While this study has provided some important insights into POS qualities that may enhance mental health, it is important to note that different people may have different requirements of POS and mentally healthy neighbourhoods (Cattell et al., 2008; Milligan & Bingley, 2007)....
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...Giddens (1990) further delineates ontological security as the confidence that human beings have in the ARTICLE IN PRESS V. Cattell et al. / Health & Place 14 (2008) 544–561552 continuity of their self-identity and the constancy of their material and social environments (Dupois and Thorns, 1998, p.…...
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...The principal ethnic groups are: Indian (12.1%); Pakistani (8.4%); Bangladeshi (8.8%); Black African (13.1...
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...Giddens argued that ontological security is a psychological need which is founded on the establishment of trust relationships, particularly in childhood, and that it is closely connected with habit (Giddens, 1990; Dupois and Thorns, 1998)....
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...A Black African woman complained of increased back pains and stress as a result of racial harassment from a neighbour, for example....
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...For Jacobs, it was casual contact with people different from oneself which was essential for integration and ‘exuberant diversity’ (Jacobs, 1961, p. 70)....
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...Alluding to the importance of ‘eyes on the street’ (Jacobs, 1961), to his own feelings of safety, a young Caribbean man talked about his elderly neighbour: ‘‘She tells me every little thing....
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...…spaces will achieve well-being for different reasons carries the strong implication that, ARTICLE IN PRESS V. Cattell et al. / Health & Place 14 (2008) 544–561 559 if policies are to be successful in promoting wellbeing, then policy makers must take into account all potential means of achieving it....
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