Evaluating the Relationship between Place Attachment, Residential Evaluations and Satisfaction in a Medium-sized Romanian City

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· 발행기관 : 한국주거학회
· 수록지 정보 : 한국주거학회논문집 / 25권 / 4호
· 저자명 : Adina Dumitru, Ricardo Garcia Mira, Laurentiu Maricutoiu, Corina Ilin

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I. Introduction
II. Cognitive and Affective Factors in Residential Evaluation
III. Objectives of Research
IV. Setting
V. Methodology
VI. Results
VII. Discussion
VIII. Conclusion
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The present research aimed at researching the relationships among place attachment, residential evaluations andsatisfaction in a medium-sized post-communist Romanian city. Studies on post-communist cities are scarce and thisresearch tried to fill that gap. This research is part of a government project that intended to significantly reform threemedium-sized cities in the Western part of Romania and transform the urban space. Since the three of them arerelatively small-sized and close spatially, the project intends to undertake massive reforms of the communications andservices of the three cities. In this article, we report findings on the city of Hunedoara. A representative random samplewas selected, and a total of 384 people were interviewed, with an overall reliability of the sample of 95%. Theinstruments used to gather the data were the Neighbourhood Perceived Environmental Quality Scale and a compositemeasure of place attachment was also included. The structure of each scale was checked using exploratory factoranalysis. We tested alternative causal models using structural equations modelling. Our model showed a good fit to thedata and explains satisfaction in the city adequately. Results show that satisfaction is directly predicted by the generalevaluation of the city and by residential privacy. Residential noise and place attachment influence satisfaction indirectly.The results are discussed and some policy recommendations are formulated.

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