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Bowen, P, Peihua Zhang, R and Edwards, P (2021) An investigation of work-related strain effects and coping mechanisms among South African construction professionals. Construction Management and Economics, 39(04), 298–322.
Ershadi, M, Davis, P and Newaz, M T (2021) Important academic interventions for promoting resilience: The perception of construction management undergraduates. Construction Management and Economics, 39(04), 340–55.
Hiete, M, Stengel, J, Ludwig, J and Schultmann, F (2011) Matching construction and demolition waste supply to recycling demand: a regional management chain model. Building Research & Information, 39(04), 333–51.
Johansson, B O H (2011) The post-war destruction of Swedish cities. Building Research & Information, 39(04), 412–29.
Mallach, A (2011) Demolition and preservation in shrinking US industrial cities. Building Research & Information, 39(04), 380–94.
Thomsen, A and van der Flier, K (2011) Understanding obsolescence: a conceptual model for buildings. Building Research & Information, 39(04), 352–62.
Uusitalo, P, Lappalainen, E, Seppänen, O, Pikas, E, Peltokorpi, A, Menzhinskii, N and Piitulainen, M (2021) To trust or not to trust: is trust a prerequisite for solving design quality problems?. Construction Management and Economics, 39(04), 279–97.
van den Berg, M, Voordijk, H and Adriaanse, A (2021) BIM uses for deconstruction: an activity-theoretical perspective on reorganising end-of-life practices. Construction Management and Economics, 39(04), 323–39.
Wallace, D and Wallace, R (2011) Consequences of massive housing destruction: the New York City fire epidemic. Building Research & Information, 39(04), 395–411.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: community stability; housing destruction; neighbourhood social structure; planned shrinkage; public health; public services; resilience; urban life; urban renewal
- ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
- URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09613218.2011.567385
- Abstract:
What are the social and economic consequences of massive destruction of housing? A case study of the New York City fire epidemic of the 1970s is presented. Decision-makers regarded old neighbourhoods (with low-income families and/or racial minorities) as wastelands and developed policies such as urban renewal and reductions in public services ('planned shrinkage') which negatively impacted on the physical and social fabrics. Structural and functional continuity even after a disturbance - ecological resilience - depends on many non-disjunctive 'loose' relationships to diffuse these impacts. Systems based on 'tight' relationships amplify impacts. Families with resources relocate and reduce the community diversity and the density of loose ties. Low-income families whose homes are destroyed weaken the remaining social networks. The remnant cannot maintain social norms. This displacement leads to two possibilities: many small social networks that do not interact; or one large tight network with low diversity. The former confers pathological resilience; the latter, extreme fragility. Neither enforces social norms or generates political power. Both foster risk behaviours and hamper socialization of youth. Thus, concentrated housing destruction destroys healthy resilience and social control and support. Indirectly, it elevates the mortality rate through increased risk behaviours, high death rates among vulnerable elderly, and infectious and chronic diseases.
Wassenberg, F (2011) Demolition in the Bijlmermeer: lessons from transforming a large housing estate. Building Research & Information, 39(04), 363–79.
Williams, C C and Kayaoglu, A (2021) Explaining the supply of home repair and renovation services in the undeclared economy: lessons from Europe. Construction Management and Economics, 39(04), 356–68.