The Meaning of Dwelling Features. Conceptual and Methodological Issues
( Sustainable Urban Areas )
Publication series ： Sustainable Urban Areas
Author： Coolen H.
Publisher： Ios Press
Publication year： 2008
E-ISBN: 9781607503958
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781586039554
Subject： TU98 regional planning, urban and rural planning
Keyword： 区域规划、城乡规划
Language： ENG
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Description
The Meaning of Dwelling Features. Conceptual and Methodological Issues relates the research areas of housing preferences and the meaning of a dwelling with each other and with aspects of the means-end approach as applied in marketing research. It results in a conceptual and methodological framework for studying the meaning of preferences for dwelling features. These features are viewed as functional for achieving the goals and values that people pursue. The meaning of dwelling features lies in these functional relationships. The model presented in this study therefore relates preferences for the features of a dwelling to the meaning they have for people. These relationships are called meaning structures. Meaning structures are measured by a semi-structured interviewing technique, which is an adapted version of the laddering technique for measuring means-end chains, and network methods are used for the representation and analysis of these meaning structures.
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