How do local residents perceive of North District community changes in the past ten years?

Describe why to choose this Topic, identified research question(s)2. summary This research employed a qualitative design. In-depth interviews were utilized to solicit the testimonies of North District residents. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, in which the authors would not strictly follow the formalized interview questions. First, informants would be asked to identify changes in their community during the past 10 years. Then, the informants’ stories and feelings, as well as the impact on their community life would be solicited. All interviews were carried out through telephone instead of face-to-face. They lasted about ​minutes​. With the permission of the participants, all interviews were audio-recorded.CommunityNorth District was studied for several reasons. First, North District is adjacent to the broader with mainland China and consequently complaints in respect to the “pouring in” of mainland tourists and parallel traders were observed. Second, localist marches, i.e. reclamation actions have occurred since 2012. Third, local stores remain great vibrancy and popularity in the communities despite of the rising of shopping centers.ParticipantsThe sample was comprised of 12 young residents who have/ had been living in North District for at least 10 years. There were 4 men and 8 women participants, with ages ranging from ​18 to 30​. All informants were recruited via the authors’ personal networks.Topic: How do local residents perceive of North District community changes in the past ten years?Questions: ​Answer a simple questionnaire at the beginning (to understand the background of interviewee) Gender, age, education, occupation, income1. Where do you live in the North District? When did you start living in this area? How long have you lived in the North District? Do you live alone or with your family?2. What does your community mean to you? important or just a resting place? feeling?3. Can you describe how do you see and feel the North District community in the past 10 years? Any changing? If not, why?4. If there is a change, does the community change have a direct impact on you? Describe your own view and reasons, any stories?5. Can you describe any particular experiences that related to changes in your community in the past 10 years? Any examples?6. Can you describe how do you get involved in community change? How to adapt to environmental changes? Any examples?7. From your perspective, what factors do you think have caused the community to change for the past 10 years? Why? how do you feel?8. How do your family members or neighbors view the community changes in this decade? Are there differences between the same age group or different age groups? Reasons?9. What do you think will change in your community in the future? if not, why?10. What changes do you expect from your community in the future? what actions can you expect to help the community develop?Book chapter that I will upload at file called “Qualitative – paper on changing community”to Identify what themes & thoeryWilliam Sewell’s framework​: Resource, Values and Power ➡ probably the themes will getIn this study, William Sewell Jr’s (1996) conceptual model of social structures would be utilized for analysis of North District residents’ perceptions of the changing social structures. Social structures encompass three interlocking dimensions, i.e. cultural schemas, distribution of resources and modes of power. The informants’ narratives with regard to spatial changes/ changes in physical environment (resources), their values and feelings towards these changes (values), relationship between these feelings and the power base of the communities (power) would be solicited.