ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT MECHANISM OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT ON RESIDENTS'COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION:A CASE STUDY OF NANJING CITY
Community participation is an important part of community planning.The built environment plays a significant role in influencing residents'community participation.However,the current research on the im-pact mechanism of the built environment on residents'community participation is limited.Based on the ques-tionnaire survey data of 33 communities in Nanjing,this paper discusses the impact mechanism of built envi-ronment on residents'community participation through structural equation model.The results show that,among the endogenous variables,the objective built environment has no direct effect on residents'commu-nity participation,but the objective built environment affects residents'community participation through the intermediary effect of perceived built environment and social capital.In addition,the perceived built environ-ment has a direct effect on residents'community participation,and at the same time,it has an indirect impact on residents'community participation through the intermediary effect of social capital.Regarding the influ-ence of exogenous variables on endogenous variables,there are total effects of community type,gender,an-nual household income,education,and age on residents'community participation.The results reveal the im-pact mechanism of community built environment on residents'community participation.
objective built environmentperceived built environmentcommunity participationsocial capital