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Sociological and cultural variables in housing theory

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This paper discusses the relative lack of the use of sociological and cultural variables in the basic conceptual models of regional science. It presents sociological and cultural additions to classic residential location and land value theory. The augmentation of the topographic physical models and theories of regional science by the explicit introduction of social geography would permit improved land use decisions to be made. Survev or market research techniques are frequently required to identify the key links between the externally observable demographic characteristics of a group and the consumer preferences and behavior information needed to estimate the group's location-specific bidrent function.

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  1. Gruen Gruen & Associates, San Francisco, USA

    Nina J. Gruen (Principal sociologist and executive vice-president)

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I would like to express my thanks to Dr. Claude Gruen and Mr. Kenneth Fairfax, two of my colleagues at Gruen Gruen & Associates, for their contributions to the theoretical underpinnings of this paper and for their critical review. Presidential Address delivered at the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of the Western Regional Science Association.

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Gruen, N.J. Sociological and cultural variables in housing theory. Ann Reg Sci 18, 1–10 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01287370

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