NCJ Number
14653
Date Published
1974
Length
7 pages
Annotation
DESCRIBES PROJECT ESTABLISHED IN URBAN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TO INVESTIGATE AND SOLVE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH LIVING IN HEAVILY POPULATED URBAN AREAS.
Abstract
SEVERAL UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS BEHAVIORAL SCIENTISTS ORGANIZED THE JUNIPER GARDENS PROJECT TO GIVE THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT A SENSE OF COMMUNITY BY FINDING ALTERNATIVE SOCIAL MECHANISMS THAT CAN ENABLE NEIGHBORS IN IT TO WORK TOGETHER. COMMENTS ARE MADE ON THE JUNIPER GARDENS TENANTS ASSOCIATION, A FORUM ESTABLISHED SO THAT RESIDENTS MAY EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS ABOUT STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR FOR THE COMMUNITY. HIGHLIGHTS ARE GIVEN OF THE RESIDENTS' CODE, A SET OF RULES WHICH THE TENANTS FELT WOULD MAKE THE HOUSING PROJECT MORE PLEASANT FOR ALL ITS RESIDENTS. COMMENTS ARE THEN MADE ON HOUSE-TO-HOUSE POLLING, WHICH WAS THE METHOD USED TO ALLOW EACH PROJECT FAMILY TO VOTE ON EACH SECTION OF THE PROPOSED CODE AND THE SECURITY PATROL ORGANIZED TO ENFORCE THE APPROVED CODE. DESCRIPTIONS ARE GIVEN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN URBAN OVSERVATION BATTERY, WHICH QUANTIFIES DATA ON THE APPEARNACE OF THE PROJECT AND ON RECREATION FACILITIES. THE RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT MOST VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY EFFORT WAS COMMITTED IN THE AREAS OF RECREATION AND DAY CARE FOR YOUTH. KANSAS CITY, KS