Lecture on Neighborhood

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LECTURE ON NEIGHBORHOOD

I. DEFINITION OF TERMS

1. Neighborhood

* District or area with distinctive characteristics

* A geographically localized community within a larger city,

town or suburb

* Often social communities with considerable face-to face

interaction among members

* Vicinity in which you live

2. Neighbor

* A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located nearanother.

II. ADVANTAGES OF NEIGHBORHOOD/NEIGHBORS

* Convenient and always accessible.

* Common and close to universal.

* Interaction with people having different culture or outlookin living.

* neighbors are almost like extended families.



* Elderly couples in the neighborhood double up as role

models in case you don’t have any elders living with you.

* In emergencies, neighbors usually are the first ones you turn

to in case you have no family in the same city.

* They can keep an eye on the house when you’re out of town

and maybe water the plants in the garden or feed the cat or

dog or open up your perimeter light at the gate.

* If you trust them to have a spare key it can make life much

easier if you accidentally lose your own set or lock them in

the house.

* If you’ve just moved into a new home in a new town you’ll

need to find a new doctor and dentist, a new plumber, good

restaurants in the area, and much more. Neighbors can be a

real help.

DISADVANTAGES OF NEIGHBORHOOD

* Existence of noise

* Conflict in unacceptable measures

* Substandard citizens living in the area

III. FUNCTIONS OF NEIGHBORHOOD

1. Arena for Interaction

* presence of sharing information to increase

neighborhood power.



* can be a place where people feel comfortable and

where they belong.

2. Source of Mutual Aids

* residents can help each other in any number of ways

* provide one another with a range of practical and

emotional support.

3. Center for Intra-Personal Influence

* forms of social influence, such as ostracism, rewards

based on social acceptance and the attendant

definitions of conforming or deviant behavior.

4. As Static Arena

* mirror of personal achievement and well-being

* provides an area within which status claims to be

derived from the larger society; are “classed in” in

terms of housing, quality, lifestyle or other symbols of

social status.

5. Reference Group

* social climate of a neighborhood may lead individual to

seek out others who agree with them and thereby

reinforce the attitudes they already hold.

* shaping of people’s self -images by reflecting on what

others might think of them.



6. As a base for formal and informal organizations

* Social units formed in the neighborhood.

III. THE PEER GROUP

1. Informal primary group of people

- who share a similar or equal status

- who are usually or roughly the same age

- tended to travel around and interact within the social

aggregate

- often have similar interests and backgrounds

- bonded by the premise of sameness

2. Serve as source of information

- provides perspective outside of individual’s viewpoints

- develops relationship with other in the social system

3. Teaches gender roles

- boys and girls differ greatly there is not one to one link

between sex

- males always being masculine

- females always being feminine

4. Serves as a practicing venue to adulthood



- As teens

assimilate(absorb/understand/integrate/adapt/adjust)

into the adult society decreasing dependence on

parents

- Increasing feeling of self-sufficiency and connecting

with a much larger social network

5. Teaches unity and collective behavior

- Provides an influential social setting in which group

norms are developed

IV. OTHER KINDS OF NEIGHBORHOOD

1. Residential Neighborhood

- often identified with a subdivision

- homes in the neighborhood are of similar style, age

and value

2. Commercial Neighborhood

- are generally associated with a major road, shopping

center, or central business district

3. Industrial neighborhood

- are generally identified by common use of a

transportation linkage.

4. Agricultural Neighborhood

- are associated with farm, poultry, fishery, piggery, etc.



V. WHAT IS “KAPITBAHAY” in our urban areas? (Philippine Setting)

The whole term bayanihan or “Pagtutulungan” or

“Pagkakaisa ng Mamayan” refers to a spiritual communal

unity to achieve a particular objective.

Bayanihan

- Origin traceable from a common tradition in Philippine

town where community members volunteer to help a

family move to a new place by volunteering to

transport the house to a specific location.

VI. OTHER KINDS OF KAPITBAHAY

Chismosang Kapitbahay

- a female gossiper; a woman who talks ill about a

person

- Filipina chismosa who gathers her close friends for

parties in order to gossip about other people she hates

or dislikes

Mambobosong Kapitbahay

- stalker, spy and has a hidden agenda against another

person

Bastos

- rude, impolite, not courteous, indecent, immodest,

shameless, without shame



Bading Mong Kapitbahay

- relating to persons or things that are gay

Epal/Pakielamerang Kapitbahay

- who likes to butt in on others

- derived from Filipino term “papel” pr “pumapel” which

means one who likes to always be in the scene or be

given attention in things that don’t concern them

Astig na Kapitbahay

- super cool in get-ups, wardrobe, hairstyle, and

everything

Maingay na Kapitbahay

- referring to neighbors that are noisy

Mayabang na Kapitbahay

- referring to neighbors who pretend to be rich but poor

in character, in physical, in force to attract attention



PRAYER

LETS PUT OURSELVES IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD, HEAVENLY FATHER

WE PRAISE AND THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY OF SCHOOLINGWHERE MY STUDENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO LEARN SOMETHING FROM

THE LECTURE AND REPORT TO BE DELIVERED BY THEIR PROFESSOR

AND CO-STUDENTS ON THE SUBJECT OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND URBAN

SYSTEMS: VALUES AND BEHAVIOR AND MAY THEY BE ABLE TO ABSORB

AND RELATE THE SUBJECT IN THE FIELD OF ARCHITECTURE AND FROM

THIS END MAY THEY BE ABLE TO GO HOME SAFELY AND BE WITH THEIR

RESPECTIVE FAMILY, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.

THIS WE LIFT THEM UP TO YOU WITH THANKS. AMEN.

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