TY - JOUR
T1 - The influence of leisure-based community activities on neighbourhood support and the social cohesion of communities in Spain
AU - Morata, Txus
AU - López Jiménez, Francisco José
AU - Marzo, Teresa
AU - Palasí, Eva
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (grant number EDU2014-57212-R), the Obra Social ‘La Caixa’ (grant numbers 2016-URL-128, 2017-URL-IR2Q-014, 2019-URL-IR2nQ-004) and the Departament d’Economia i Coneixement de la Generalitat de Catalunya (grant numbers 2014-URL-127, 2016-URL-R12, 2017-URL-R955).
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2023/3/31
Y1 - 2023/3/31
N2 - To analyse the effects of leisure-based community activities in improving neighbourhood support and social cohesion, data were collected in two neighbourhoods of Barcelona (Spain) through questionnaires and interviews. The results indicate that promoting neighbourhood support requires a different strategy from promoting participation in leisure-based activities aimed at developing social cohesion within a community. The study also suggests various useful strategies to strengthen the effects of leisure-based community activities. The strategies recommended revolve around networking, use of the public space, recognition of diversity and conflict management.
AB - To analyse the effects of leisure-based community activities in improving neighbourhood support and social cohesion, data were collected in two neighbourhoods of Barcelona (Spain) through questionnaires and interviews. The results indicate that promoting neighbourhood support requires a different strategy from promoting participation in leisure-based activities aimed at developing social cohesion within a community. The study also suggests various useful strategies to strengthen the effects of leisure-based community activities. The strategies recommended revolve around networking, use of the public space, recognition of diversity and conflict management.
KW - Community action
KW - leisure-based community activities
KW - neighbourhood support
KW - social cohesion
KW - social support
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85108828867&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/3660
UR - https://doi.org/10.34810/data1062
U2 - 10.1177/00208728211021144
DO - 10.1177/00208728211021144
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85108828867
SN - 0020-8728
VL - 66
SP - 568
EP - 584
JO - International Social Work
JF - International Social Work
IS - 2
ER -
