Sponsor
Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning
First Advisor
Loren Lutzenhiser
Date of Publication
Winter 3-7-2013
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Urban Studies (M.U.S.)
Department
Urban Studies and Planning
Language
English
Subjects
Neighborhoods -- Oregon -- Portland -- Environmental conditions -- Attitudes, Social participation -- Oregon -- Portland, Group identity -- Oregon -- Portland, Portland (Or.) -- Social life and customs, Community-based conservation -- Oregon -- Portland -- Attitudes
DOI
10.15760/etd.683
Physical Description
1 online resource (vi, 156 pages)
Abstract
Anthropogenic impact on the environment, mainly resource depletion and pollution, is limiting the potential for future generations to have the same resources that previous generations have enjoyed. Perhaps one of the greatest challenges of our time will be curtailing our own personal impacts on the environment. To do this, we must adopt more sustainable lifestyles at home. This research sought to understand how neighborhood identity affects sustainability at the household level. In the summer of 2012, residents of two neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon completed 314 self-report, web-based surveys. The neighborhoods selected for this research were demographically similar, but one projected a sustainable neighborhood identity and the other did not. Survey questions were designed to determine respondents: level of engagement in their neighborhood, attitudes towards the environment, and adherence to sustainable behaviors. Findings suggest that neighborhood engagement can influence household sustainability levels in Portland. This research also suggests that the city or region may have more effect on perceived household sustainability than the neighborhood does.
Rights
In Copyright. URI: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/9369
Recommended Citation
Hathaway, Zachary Lawrence, "Neighborhood Identity and Sustainability: A Comparison Study of Two Neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon" (2013). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 683.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.683