American Journal of Sociology · 1954 · 101 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesSocial PsychologyGroup DynamicsNeighborhood PlanningNeighborhood StudiesNeighborhood CharacterNeighborhood StructureNeighborhood Relations
Neighborhood unit planning aims to foster stronger social relationships among neighbors, yet neighborliness comprises both manifest actions and latent attitudes, and no single type is ideal for all groups. The study seeks to assess latent attitudes to fully understand the type of neighborliness adopted by the group.
Neighborhood unit planning is intended to promote fuller social relationships between neighbor. Neighborliness can be better understood by considering it as being composed of two factors-manifest and latent. Manifest actions alone are not sufficient for appraising the integration of a neighborhood group. The latent attitudes must be assessed to understand fully the type of neighborliness which the group has adopted. No single type of neighborliness can be said to be the ideal for all groups.