Many Dutch post-war neighborhoods are subject to intensive urban restructuring. Demolition and new housing construction combined with social and economic programmed should improve the housing stock, livability and social capital. It is unknown whether social capital contributes to residential stability and reduces residents propensity to move. The social capital levels of  movers and newcomers are studied in two recently restructured neighborhoods in Rotterdam (Netherlands).

The logistic regression analysis shows that age, length of residency, employment, income, dwelling satisfaction, dwelling type and perceived neighborhood quality significantly predict residents propensity to move and international comparisons indicate diverging policy strategies and contents but also similarities in different countries. One of these is the growing importance of the concept of social capital in the discourse of urban regeneration. The urban regeneration should not only improve the physical quality of neighborhoods only but also  improved  social well being of their residents .