Hawker Centres: A Social Space Approach to Promoting Community Wellbeing
Autor: | Radomskaya, Valeriya, Bhati, Abhishek Singh |
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Rok vydání: | 2022 |
Předmět: |
Landscaping and area planning
Sociology & anthropology Städtebau Raumplanung Landschaftsgestaltung Soziologie Anthropologie coaction colocation community wellbeing copresence hawker centres Covid-19 pandemic Area Development Planning Regional Research Sociology of Settlements and Housing Urban Sociology Siedlungssoziologie Stadtsoziologie Raumplanung und Regionalforschung Gemeinschaft Singapur Epidemie Einfluss sozialer Raum Stadtentwicklung Wohlbefinden well-being epidemic urban development Singapore influence social space community |
Zdroj: | Urban Planning, 7, 4, 167-178, Healthy Cities: Effective Urban Planning Approaches to a Changing World |
Druh dokumentu: | journal article<br />Zeitschriftenartikel |
ISSN: | 2183-7635 |
DOI: | 10.17645/up.v7i4.5658 |
Popis: | This article sets out to examine how the use of social spaces, namely hawker centres, has contributed to community wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic. Using an extensive thematic analysis of online conversations, we have identified that the use of social spaces can have a positive influence on individual, relational and social wellbeing. Access to social spaces during stressful events contributes to the feeling of normalcy, supports routines and structured activities, encourages responsible behaviours, facilitates social connectedness, and helps maintain community resilience. We present a new framework for urban social space characterisation containing three dimensions: coaction, copresence, and colocation (the three Cs). Here, coaction is associated with better visibility of community practices, copresence enhances the sense of connectedness, and colocation is concerned with the use of spatial design factors for influencing movement and interactions. The framework is central to our understanding of social space and its impact on wellbeing. Underpinning the three Cs is the notion of the integration of policy, community wellbeing, and various urban agendas. The findings were considered in terms of their relevance for social space development in Singapore. |
Databáze: | SSOAR – Social Science Open Access Repository |
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