Can anyone suggest good work about the (social) structure of residents of co-housing projects? I'm interested in studies, surveys which analyse the structure of residents based on aspects like the economic situation, education, age,social class, ...
Hi Maximillian and Dragos,
There appears to be little research across the spectrum of co-housers undertaken. In my current PhD (Intentional Community Living Arrangements) I have attempted to address this gap across various types of ICLAs. To do so I used an online survey
https://survey.its.uq.edu.au/Checkbox/ICLA.survey.
The responses are still coming in. Yet one thing seems very clear from people who live in ICLAs including co-housing - they are a bunch that are hard to to get accurate datat from. However, when I can draw some conclusions I will publish.
In the meantime an article that may help give insight is
Jarvis, H. (2015). Towards a deeper understanding of the social architecture of co-housing: evidence from the UK, USA and Australia. Urban Research & Practice, 8(1), 93-105. doi:10.1080/17535069.2015.1011429
Also there is a great deal of interest and research undertaken in Elder Cohousing e.g.
Glass, A. P. (2013). ELDER COHOUSING: AN ENVIRONMENT THAT FACILITATES OPTIMAL AGING THROUGH AGING TOGETHER. Gerontologist, 53, 5-5. Retrieved from ://WOS:000327442101022
Neshama, A., Kate, D., & Craig, R. (2006). ELDER COHOUSING: An Idea Whose Time Has Come? (pp. 60). Rutledge: Fellowship for Intentional Community.
Smith, A. E. (2009). Ageing in urban neighbourhoods: place attachment and social exclusion. Bristol: Policy.
Hope this helps and be happy to talk further in this area if you would like,
Thanks
Jason Hilder
PhD Canditate
University of Queensland
Hi Dragos, hi Jason,
thanks a lot for your answers. You both named some interesting studies.
I´m really interested in the results of your survey, Jason. I also think it`s not that much work done to have a better knowledge (based on empirical research) of people living in co-housing projects.
Hello,
I suggest the reading on new part of the city of Vienna called Aspern Seestadt. The literature I have is in Slovenian language so you can try to find something in German.
Regards
Višnja Kukoč
If you are interested in cohousing as it is now in the UK, the output of an ESRC funded seminar programme, involving five UK universities, was published in June this year is here http://www.lse.ac.uk/geographyAndEnvironment/research/london/docs/Cohousing-shared-futures-FINAL-web.pdf and its supporting website is https://collaborativehousing.net/. There are probably references in there that might be helpful. Helen Jarvis noted above was one of the lead participants.
The UK Cohousing Network has a research page http://cohousing.org.uk/research-cohousing. It needs updating and will probably be over the next six month, so keep looking. The USA Cohousing Association probably has better more recent research on your question.
Dear Maximilian,
Here are some of the papers I read on the subject. I hope you'll be interested:
- Francesca Bianchi, "Le co-housing en Italie entre rêve et réalité. Une recherche sur les aspirations à la co-résidence", International Review of Sociology, 2015, 25-3
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03906701.2015.1050308
- Jones, Katharinan "Immigrating to a cohousing project", Communities 168 (Fall 2015): 51-52.
- Christiane Droste, "German co-housing: an opportunity for municipalities to foster socially inclusive urban development?", Urban Research and Practice, 2015, 8-1
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2015.1011428
- Betsy "Women in Cohousing: Pioneers, Visionaries, and Leaders", Communities, 2008, 138
http://search.proquest.com/openview/69f686fa70afad8c62d6e4269448d14b/1?pq-origsite=gscholar
- DiCalogero, Charlene, "Cohousing for Non-Cohousers", Communities, 2009, 144
http://search.proquest.com/openview/0d6c5479d821f1f7f1f5fd7f765a6d6b/1?pq-origsite=gscholar
Best regards
d.
Thanks Višnja, thanks Steven, thanks Denis. Your suggestions really help me.