Quality of Space as Experienced: Impacts of Needs and Affordability on Spatial Appropriation of Cross-border Labor Commuters
Research on spatial quality generally evaluates the quality of space through the factors of infrastructure, use of streets and shared spaces, security, accessibility, and inclusiveness of various activity centers and districts. However, how people perceive a place as one with good qualities and esta...
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| Publicat a: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/qds, |
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Quaderni di Sociologia
2024
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| Accés en línia: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumari: | Research on spatial quality generally evaluates the quality of space through the factors of infrastructure, use of streets and shared spaces, security, accessibility, and inclusiveness of various activity centers and districts. However, how people perceive a place as one with good qualities and establish an attachment depends on their needs and the affordability of the place. This paper discusses the dynamic process of spatial appropriation through the findings of research on intra-European cross-border labor commuters. Differences resulting from uneven developments in Europe are still the prominent factor for many to seek employment opportunities abroad for higher incomes, better living standards or attractive and secure jobs. However, upon employment cross-border workers continue to reside in their home countries and practice a circular mobility. Despite the difficulties of dealing with the dual frame of two nation-states’ legal settings on taxation, social security regulations, and employment rights, cross-border commuters, through their mobility across borders, enjoy the flexibility of choosing their place of residence depending on their changing needs and on affordability. This relation between needs, affordability and spatial appropriation is shown in the paper through place attachment narrations of lifestyle- and livelihood-oriented commuters. |
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