"Nae as nice a scheme as it used to be": lay accounts of neighbourhood incivilities and well-being.
This paper is based upon qualitative research conducted in a relatively deprived neighbourhood in Edinburgh, Scotland, and it explores how contextual and compositional features of place may interact to influence well-being. I present women's accounts of their experiences of neighbourhood incivilities, and I discuss their perceptions of the influence of incivilities upon their sense of well-being. I suggest that aspects of individual biographies mediate experiences of neighbourhood incivilities. Furthermore, some individuals seem to engage in "distancing strategies", which I suggest may be interpreted as a way of resisting the potentially harmful psycho-social influence of incivilities upon well-being.
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Department of Geography, The University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh EH8 9XP, UK. laura.airey@ed.ac.edu
D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology; D012929:Psychological Distance; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012606:Scotland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012931:Social Environment; D014504:Urban Health; D016387:Women's Health