Individual Cognition of Urban Neighbourhoods over Space and Time: A Case Study
- 1 April 1996
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
- Vol. 28 (4) , 687-708
- https://doi.org/10.1068/a280687
Abstract
This paper is aimed at assessing how far an individual-level analysis can contribute to our knowledge of neighbourhood familiarity over space and time. An appropriate theoretical framework and a careful methodology (with special attention to variable control and measurement problems) are used to gain new insights into processes of neighbourhood cognition. Although classical results are corroborated at the aggregate level, specific results are derived at the individual level: (1) large differences are found between individual learning processes; (2) differences in individual cognition decrease over time. Methodological conclusions are also provided. The main likely conclusion is that currently unidentified variables are to a large extent responsible for the observed impressive diversity of individual learning processes. This is a challenge to future research on cognitionKeywords
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