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- Sense of place—the way we perceive places such as streets, communities, cities, or ecoregions—influences our well-being, how we describe and interact with a place, what we value in a place, our respect for ecosystems and other species, how we perceive the affordances of a place, our desire to build more sustainable and just urban communities, and how we choose to improve cities.
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May 26, 2016 · In cities, sense of place echoes the intersections of culture, environment, history, politics, and economics, and is impacted by global mobility, migration, and blurred boundaries between the natural and built environment.
We hear about personal experiences of feeling 'out of place' when moving to new cities. We then discuss how geographers and town planners incorporate 'sense of place' into town design to influence our emotions and behaviour.
Jun 28, 2020 · Understanding sense of place on private lands is important because landowners are key arbiters of and responders to social–ecological change. Their sense of place can catalyze stewardship and conservation behaviours but may also inhibit adaptation and transformation (Eaton et al., 2019; Masterson, Stedman, et al., 2017).
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Mar 2, 2022 · Sense of place has recently gained increased attention in academic research, including environmental psychology, geography, urban and planning literature. In various research contexts and for different purposes, different theories and approaches have been adopted to investigate sense of place.
In cities, sense of place echoes the intersections of culture, environment, history, politics, and economics and is impacted by global mobility, migration, and blurred boundaries between the natural and built environment.
Sense of place refers to the meanings and emotions we associate with a particular place. It includes both a cognitive (place meaning) and affective (place attach-ment) component (table 9.1).
Jul 1, 2019 · Often, especially in social-psychological research, sense of place is measured as place attachment. Place attachment is the (normally) positive bond that people have with places (be it their home, town, city, country, or an iconic location e.g. great barrier reef).
