THE CO-OPERATIVE SPIRIT: BRIDGING SOCIAL CAPITAL IN MIXED-INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS THROUGH RESIDENT EMPOWERMENT, INVOLVEMENT AND COOPERATION

摘要: The goal of this thesis is to identify strategies that promote resident empowerment, involvement and cooperation in housing co-operatives can be applied mixed-income developments order bridge social capital. Numerous American policy makers, professionals planners support the development address economic isolation low-income, urban citizens living public housing. Social capital, or relationships developed from networks, an anticipated result physically integrating individuals varying income levels same environment. Despite efforts for integration, numerous studies have found limited interaction occurs across class many developments, which hinders Some literature points as methods helping capital Bridging refers building among people who are demographically dissimilar one another, such age, race socioeconomic status. In effort learn how through cooperation, co-operative model analyzed. This research analyses six case studies. data collected websites,