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dc.contributor.authorReuschke, Darja
dc.contributor.authorHouston, Donald
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-05T15:30:03Z
dc.date.available2016-05-05T15:30:03Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier241569023
dc.identifierbb4efda0-8c0e-4e77-8159-5303119249de
dc.identifier84963830294
dc.identifier000376998200011
dc.identifier.citationReuschke , D & Houston , D 2016 , ' The importance of housing and neighbourhood resources for urban microbusinesses ' , European Planning Studies , vol. 24 , no. 6 , pp. 1216-1235 . https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2016.1168364en
dc.identifier.issn0965-4313
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/8730
dc.description.abstractEconomic research has rarely considered the significance of the home and neighbourhood context of where business owners’ live for their business. Conversely, urban and neighbourhood research has overlooked how housing and neighbourhood shape business and entrepreneurship outcomes. This paper investigates the importance of housing and neighbourhood resources for microbusinesses using a random sample of microbusinesses in Edinburgh (UK) including those that are informal and home-based, and various characteristics of the neighbourhood in which the business owner lives were attached to the survey records. The data capture whether business owners have business premises outside their homes, have used neighbourhood contacts, housing equity or space in the house for their business. In short, housing and neighbourhood resources are used by a large majority (82%) of microbusinesses. The findings challenge a number of common assumptions on the separation of commercial and residential functions, how neighbourhoods feature in the evolution of businesses, the nested conceptualisation of home within a neighbourhood and on the nature of home-based businesses. It is concluded that multi-use (rather than mixed-use) neighbourhood planning would help foster more flexible and dynamic use of neighbourhoods and urban districts, although recognising that this is a political issue.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofEuropean Planning Studiesen
dc.subjectHome-based businessen
dc.subjectInformal businessesen
dc.subjectMicrobusinessesen
dc.subjectNeighbourhoodsen
dc.subjectHousingen
dc.subjectHomeen
dc.subjectH Social Sciencesen
dc.subjectHF Commerceen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subjectSDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communitiesen
dc.subject.lccHen
dc.subject.lccHFen
dc.titleThe importance of housing and neighbourhood resources for urban microbusinessesen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorEuropean Research Councilen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Geography & Sustainable Developmenten
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09654313.2016.1168364
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.grantnumber639403en


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