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Table 9 Measures of sample factors utilised in the residents’ questionnaire

From: Evaluating social sustainability in Jordanian residential neighborhoods: a combined expert-user approach

Factor

Measures

Economic distributional equity/impact

• Living standards

• Homogeneity of residents

• Similarity of provided living facilities

Culture and identity

• Adequacy of daily routines

• Character of the neighborhood

• Special appeal compared to other neighborhoods

Historic conservation and heritage

• Safety of old buildings

• Cleanliness of old buildings

• Changes through time on the neighborhood

Communal diversity

• Balanced distribution of age

• Balanced distribution of gender

• Balanced distribution of education levels

People stability/displacement

• Rate of movement into and out of the neighborhood

• Familiarity with other citizens

• Ability to identify strangers

• Average tenure of most residents

Crime rate

• Safety during the day

• Safety during the night

• Frequency of disturbing incidents

Walkable cultural institutions

• Closeness of youth centers

• Closeness to community associations

Neighboring

• General sentiment between neighbors

• Rate of neighbor disturbance

• Frequency of issues between neighbors