The Social Construction of Living Space: The Role of Place Attachment and Neighbourhood Perception Mesa Pedrazas, Ángela Torrado Rodríguez, José Manuel Duque Calvache, Ricardo Living space Activity space Lived-in space Daily mobility Metropolitan areas Social inequalities Spain This work was funded by Project MOVICRA (P20_00571), Consejería de Universidad, Investigación e Innovación de la Junta de Andalucía, and by FEDER “Una manera de hacer Europa”, and its results are part of the R&D project PID2020-119569GAI00, Multi-methodological Approach to Residential Behaviour and Everyday Life (MARBEL), funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain and National Research Agency (MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/). This study provides a comprehensive assessment of the social construction of living spaces by considering commonly studied variables such as sociodemographic characteristics, socioeconomic factors, and residential location. Additionally, it tests the significance of deeper sociological factors, specifically place attachment, bonds with the local community, and perceptions of the neighbourhood. An analysis, based on a description of the spatial structure of daily activities globally, the construction of living space dispersion indices, and a stepwise linear regression model, identified three types of living spaces: commuting spaces, self-realization spaces, and spaces of care, with different concentration and dispersion patterns. Commuting spaces are typically larger; self-realization takes place in the neighbourhood but is also frequently dispersed across multiple locations; and spaces of care are heavily concentrated. The analysis of subpopulations reveals distinct living space patterns based on two main factors: work and children. However, there are important differences in the age and gender composition of the subpopulations. The concentration/dispersion of living spaces is mainly driven by sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors, but place attachment measures significantly affect their construction. The results encourage further exploration of the subjective, experienced dimension of urban phenomena, going beyond the concept of "living spaces" to think of them as "lived-in spaces". 2023-10-27T07:23:10Z 2023-10-27T07:23:10Z 2023-08-27 journal article Mesa-Pedrazas, Á.; Torrado, J.M.; Duque-Calvache, R. The Social Construction of Living Space: The Role of Place Attachment and Neighbourhood Perception. Sustainability 2023, 15, 12928. [https://doi.org/10.3390/su151712928] https://hdl.handle.net/10481/85288 10.3390/su151712928 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional MDPI