Collective action is one strategy urban neighborhood residents use to address community issues. However, collective action dynamics in rapidly changing urban neighborhoods are not well understood. This study used photovoice to examine perspectives on collective action and neighborhood change among residents of an urban neighborhood experiencing redevelopment in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Residents indicated that place attachment motivated and reinforced participation in collective action efforts to address neighborhood issues and to reconstruct narratives that challenged place stigmatization. Findings suggest that residents have heterogeneous perspectives about neighborhood change and local development, and simultaneously balance desires for neighborhood improvement with concerns about displacement, gentrification, and equitable development.

集体行动是城市社区居民用来解决社区问题的一种策略。然而，人们对快速变化的城市社区中的集体行动动态知之甚少。本研究使用 photovoice 来研究美国佐治亚州亚特兰大市正在经历重建的城市社区居民对集体行动和社区变化的看法。居民表示，地方依恋激发并加强了集体行动的参与，以解决邻里问题并重建挑战地方污名化的叙事。调查结果表明，居民对邻里变化和当地发展有不同的看法，同时在对邻里改善的愿望与对流离失所、高档化和公平发展的担忧之间取得平衡。