In 1944, the Fred L. Lavanburg Foundation resolved to fund sociological research of value to planners of housing projects and communities for low-income families. Columbia University sociologist Robert K. Merton directed the project. Two communities were studied: Winfield Park, NJ, a free-standing town constructed under the New Deal’s Mutual Home Ownership Plan, and Addison Terrace, a federally constructed housing project managed by the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Housing Authority. Findings evaluated effects of site layout and building design in fostering patterns of friendships, creating local social structures. A book-length report manuscript that has never been published is described and discussed.

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社会学在规划中的应用：Robert K. Merton和哥伦比亚-拉万堡住房研究

1944年，弗雷德·拉文堡基金会（Fred L. Lavanburg Foundation）决定向低收入家庭住房项目和社区的规划者提供有价值的社会学研究经费。哥伦比亚大学社会学家Robert K. Merton主持了该项目。研究了两个社区：新泽西州温菲尔德公园（Newfield Mutual Home Ownership Plan）建造的独立小镇，以及宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡住房管理局管理的联邦建造的住房项目Addison Terrace。调查结果评估了站点布局和建筑设计在建立友谊模式，创建当地社会结构方面的作用。描述并讨论了从未出版的书长报告手稿。