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    • Predicting long-term demographic and attitudinal shifts in urban areas presents a significant challenge.

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    • To describe cluster analysis procedures for predicting group differences in metropolitan neighborhoods.
    • To identify stable social dimensions that predict neighborhood characteristics over extended periods.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized objective "O-analysis" procedures from the BC TRY Computer System to isolate homogeneous social areas.
    • Employed pre-war demographic features as predictor attributes for cluster analysis.
    • Assessed predictive accuracy for demographic and voting-attitudinal characteristics up to 15 years post-war.

    Main Results:

    • Cluster analysis successfully predicted demographic and voting-attitudinal characteristics of neighborhoods.
    • High predictive accuracy was maintained for up to 15 years, despite major social disruptions like war.
    • Three fundamental dimensions—Conservatism, Territoriality, and Exclusiveness—emerged as key predictors.

    Conclusions:

    • Pre-war demographic data can reliably predict long-term neighborhood social and attitudinal trajectories.
    • The identified dimensions (Conservatism, Territoriality, Exclusiveness) offer a robust framework for understanding neighborhood evolution.
    • Cluster analysis provides a powerful tool for analyzing and predicting social area dynamics in metropolitan contexts.