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Maguire, Bradley David. "Modeling place attachment using GIS." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/62225.
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The PlaceInGIS project is a comprehensive examination of how places can be represented using modern Geographic Information System (GIS). After decades of research, geographers now understand that places are dynamic features, whose fuzzy boundaries change over time, subject to internal and external forces. The long-term goal of the PlaceInGIS project is to make people's understanding of place visible, comparable and amenable to analysis.
Place attachment is a theoretical construct that permits the quantification, visualization and analysis of the importance of place. The method described makes use of two significant sub-components of place attachment, place dependence and place identity, to create fuzzy surfaces in a GIS.
After conducting a detailed GPS mapping exercise of the Colliery Dam Park study area in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, 302 study participants were presented with a survey questionnaire between 2011 and 2012. The place attachment and place dependence components for each feature described were used to create "feature surfaces." These were then combined using a Fuzzy OR operator to generate a single "place attachment surface" for each individual, which can be compared against each other or summed to show the overall opinions of groups.
In the short term, we are developing an application called the Place Analysis System (PAS), which enables places to be adequately represented. There are numerous applications for the PAS, as it creates a foundation for the comparative study of place. For the first time, it is possible to visualize, take measurements and analyze place attachment. What was once an ephemeral concept has been made concrete and amenable to study. The PAS can analyze fuzzy boundaries, or the fuzzy boundaries can be defuzzified to be more compatible with traditional representations of data in a GIS. We examine two applications of the PAS, one as a tool for site planning, and the other for the geographical analysis of core and periphery. These applications demonstrate the utility of the PAS, and we conclude by considering further applications and modifications to make the method easier to employ in future studies.Arts, Faculty of
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Dunbar, Michael David. "Examining Place Attachment to the Great Lakes." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1278971292.
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Barzegaran, Marieh. "Evaluating the impact of neighborhood attributes on residents' place attachment." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2020. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/201670/1/Marieh_Barzegaran_Thesis.pdf.
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In the era of rapid technological advances, there is a concern that people suffer from a sense of placeless-ness within their neighbourhoods. Place attachment, the residents' meaningful bonds, to their living place, results from its environmental, socio-cultural and economic make-up. Thus, this study aims to investigate the different range of neighbourhood characteristics that affect the development of residents' connection to their neighbourhoods. The study contributes to the theoretical, methodological and practical application of research in this field, the outcome of which can be of use in the planning and designing of new housing patterns and urban development issues.
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D'Alessandro, Maria. "In Her Place." PDXScholar, 2014. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1876.
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This is a collection of short stories linked by place and subject. I rely on concrete details, rhythm and tone to create the place and setting of the Tivoli Bay, which acts as a central force in the lives of the characters. The characters are drawn to the bay and to one another by the neediness of secrets.
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Olstad, Tyra A. "Desert dimensions attachment to a place of space /." Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1313912621&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Cartlidge, Matthew R. "There's no place like home : place attachment among the elderly in Greensburg, Kansas." Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4202.
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Cartlidge, Matthew R. "There’s no place like home: place attachment among the elderly in Greensburg, Kansas." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4202.
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Master of ArtsDepartment of Geography
Jeffrey S. Smith
In a matter of minutes, a small, western Kansas community by the name of Greensburg was over 95% destroyed by a tornado. After the storm, the community’s civic leaders decided to rebuild Green. As a result, the modified cultural landscape no longer resembled the once familiar town that was viewed as a place of attachment by its predominantly elderly population. The purpose of this thesis is to better understand how the May 4th, 2007, tornado affected the elderly’s emotional connection to Greensburg. To identify how the town’s landscape changed I used before and after photographs. In order to more fully comprehend how their attachment to the community has changed, interviews were conducted with several elderly residents who rebuilt in Greensburg, as well as those who moved away. The results suggest that the elderly experienced a significant change in their bond to the town. Typically the elderly did not embrace going Green and focused more on retaining their memories of how the town used to be. Most significant to their development and change in place attachment were the relationships they developed and maintained with fellow community members. Overall, it was the people that made Greensburg home and a place of attachment. When many of them left for good after the tornado, the elderly’s place attachment to Greensburg was forever changed.
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Alexander, Laura A. "Meaning of place: exploring long-term residents attachment to the physical environment in northern New Hampshire." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1219972881.
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Kilinc, Muge. "Institutional Environment And Place Attachment As Determinants Of Elders." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607070/index.pdf.
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The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship among three important factors of the life of elderly who accommodates in an institutioninstitutional environment, older individuals&rsquo
attachment to place, and theirs life satisfaction. This research aimed to examine how different aspects of institutional environment determine the level of elders&rsquo
place attachment, and respectively to examine the significance of the place attachment in determining degree of older individuals&rsquo
satisfaction with their life. Institutional environment was assessed under three headlines
design, social and institutional aspects. It was also aimed to analyze the way those three aspects are interacted with each other to conclude with place attachment. The sample consisted of 120 older individuals who were from two different institutions
Seyranbaglari Rest Home and Year of 75 Resting and Caring Home of Retired Organization. The data were gathered via applying the following measures
measures of design aspect, social aspect and institutional aspect
place attachment scale, life satisfaction scale and demographic information form. A set of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted on the data, to determine whether the items are reliable indicators of latent variables. In this study, structural equation modeling technique was used to analyze the data by using LISREL. Investigating structural relationships among same variables in the light of the related literature, two different models were specified. The results of the study indicate that, the hypotheses of the first model, saying that
there is relationship between environmental variables of an institution and the life satisfaction of the elderly, and this relation is mediated by the place attachment, were supported except for the one assuming the direct relationship between design aspect and place attachment. The second model specifies the design aspect as the predictor of the social and institutional aspects of the institutional environment. The rest of the model specifies the same structural relationships with the first model. The second model was supported completely, and was confirmed all of the relationships specified by it. In the light of the related literature, the findings of the study were discussed. Additionally, limitations of the study and suggestions for further research were investigated.
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Sutherland, Karlyn. "Attachment to place : towards a strategy for architectural practice." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/9578.
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Attributable to the legacy of modernism, within the Western world there exists a widespread and as-yet unresolved sense of detachment from place; our contemporary, globalized condition has given rise to a visually-biased, alienating architecture lacking in meaningful, human connections to site or context, relying all too often upon the abstract projections of the distant and objective architect rather than on the realities of needs and experience. Whilst the field of environmental psychology (within which the topic of place has been widely researched) has suggested theoretical solutions, few practical methods for the translation of relevant findings into strategies for the generation of place and attachment have been developed. Following a literature review, this thesis identifies two key place-related theories which address the characteristics and psychological impact of the physical environment (Attention Restoration Theory (Kaplan, 1995) and Canter’s place theory (1977)); in binding these theories to architectural practice, the author offers a strategy capable of aiding the successful understanding and creation of place. Providing an architectural brief to which this study responds, the practice-based element of this research focuses upon the context of North Lands Creative Glass, in Lybster, Caithness. Through a personal account of the impact of place and its manifestation within the author’s works in glass, mixed media and on paper, this thesis proceeds to promote an honest, haptic narrative between the architect and the realities of context and experience; in doing so, it illustrates how an architecture conducive to a sense of place and attachment could be understood and created successfully.
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Burley, David. "Land Loss: Attachment, Place and Identity in Coastal Louisiana." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2006. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/482.
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This dissertation explores how people frame environmental change. Specifically, this work explores the identity loss that residents of coastal Louisiana experience due to coastal land loss. I rely on 126 in-depth interviews of residents from communities in six coastal parishes (counties). Respondents convey the meanings they give to land loss through constructing a narrative of place. A phenomenological approach is employed that focuses on how stories are told and the subjective interpretations of societal members. First, Louisiana's coastal communities hold a significant attachment to place that in many cases has been developing for close to three centuries. For most residents, place is an inseparable part of identity. Second, Louisiana's coastal land loss is an environmental disaster that causes a heightened awareness of place attachment among residents. Along with a keen awareness of their attachment due to anxiety over land loss, residents believe little is being done to abate that loss. While some erosion and subsidence of the coastal wetlands is natural, much of the loss is caused by human action upon the environment. Communities have watched this mostly slow onset disaster for over fifty years, yet the issue only began receiving significant attention in the last few years of the twentieth century. A third factor contributing to the sense of loss residents experience is their alienation from the bureaucratic and technological processes of coastal restoration. Residents believe that their localized expert knowledge has been dismissed by the institutional expertise of scientific knowledge. Residents say that part of who they are is eroding and they feel helpless and in some respects, prevented from doing anything to alleviate that loss. Exploring the impact of Louisiana's coastal land loss on residents' attachment and identification with place can shed light on the role communities themselves can play in policy and restoration projects. In this regard, the meanings residents' ascribe to places are important for how and what decisions are made concerning those places.
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Nikrahei, Bardia. "MODELING PLACE ATTACHMENT IN TWO NEIGHBORHOODS OF COLUMBUS, OHIO." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1439046723.
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Woosnam, Kyle Maurice. "Place Attachment as an Interactional Process: A Case Study of Isle au Haut, Maine." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43599.
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By listening to peoples' constructed stories of special places, the average person begins to understand why and how attachments to places form. This study concerns the attachments residents of Isle au Haut, Maine possess on the remote island, which borders part of Acadia National Park. The purpose of this study is to uncover social components of both place attachment and place identity among island residents as well as explain the process by which those residents form attachments.
Twelve interviews were conducted both on Isle au Haut as well as nearby Mount Desert Island. Qualitative data were collected from a purposive sample of island residents and National Park Service employees who are responsible for managing the park on the island. In-depth interviews were the sole means of data collection and provided detailed stories of life on the island and attachments that have formed. This study uses grounded theory techniques in data analysis to ultimately form a theory grounded in the collected data.
The findings from this study indicate that social interaction is key to residents forming an attachment to Isle au Haut. Further, three major social constructs emerged from the data analysis. Those constructs are sense of community, shared purpose, and shared history, all of which were found to contribute to place identity and place attachment among the residents. The results also suggest place identity as more salient than place dependence in residents' narratives concerning their attachment to the island.Master of Science
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Rennick, Kimberly L. "Process: A Strategy for developing Community Life and Place Attachment." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33638.
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Inner-city neighborhoods are being recognized for their potential to contribute visually, economically, and culturally to the urban core. Efforts to revitalize these neighborhoods will need to address the economic, cultural, and social structure of the neighborhood. Resident groups, in particular long-time and newer residents, will likely be affected by the cultural changes that inevitably accompany revitalization. This project explores the processes of community life and place attachment, and their role in fostering healthy communities. Residents, depending on their length of time in the neighborhood, will be at different stages of these processes. Design and planning may support community life and place attachment by understanding this continuum and providing for the processes that engender them. This project began with a review of literature on the subject of inner-city neighborhoods, gentrification, community life, and place attachment. From this literature design and planning criteria were extracted. These criteria were then applied to the Belmont-Fallon neighborhood in Roanoke, Virginia, and were evaluated based on the conditions of the neighborhood and levels of attachment of long-time and newer residents. Design implications were developed that may support the process of place attachment within this community. These implications were then illustrated and tested through design.Master of Landscape Architecture
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Cooke, Anna. "Development of scales for an exploration of attachment to place /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2006. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19759.pdf.
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Jung, M. Bin (Melanie Bin). "Xochimilco es Hogar : place attachment and belonging in Mexico City." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90201.
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Thesis: M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2014.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (page 85).
Mexico City is a sprawling megalopolis of 22 million inhabitants with new residents moving into the city daily. The city's growth is spatially uneven; the southern delegation of Xochimilco has been experiencing rapid urbanization whereas the city center has experienced less. The thesis focuses on the experiences and concerns of a group of young people who participated in the photography project Xochimilco es Hogar ('Xochimilco is Home') in January 2014. Participants were asked a series of questions about the photographing process and their images, along with questions about identity, belonging, and community in Xochimilco and in Mexico City. Finally, participants were asked what they would change about Xochimilco. Photographs and interviews were analyzed according to Setha Low's model of aspects of place attachment and M. Carmen Hidalgo and Bernardo Hernandez's study of place attachment across different spatial scales while being mindful of the politics of place. Participants were highly aware of the planning issues faced by Xochimilco, and I analyze their concerns about environmental sustainability, public safety and security, and transportation and mobility. This thesis concludes by connecting participant experiences to the structural violence of the state, and offering proposals on how place attachment can help planning practice create more equitable cities.
by M. Bin Jung.
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Husband, Laurie. "Place attachment among older adults living in northern remote communities in Canada /." Burnaby B.C. : Simon Fraser University, 2005. http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/2362.
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Napier, Deborah Sue. "Place attachment in relationship to ethnic identity reconstruction : the Korean adoptee's first visit home." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2009. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2009/d_napier_042409.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in architecture)--Washington State University, May 2009.Title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 5, 2010). "School of Architecture and Construction Management." Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-82).
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Driscoll, Meredith. "ATTACHMENT TO PLACE: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN A HOUSE BECOMING A HOME." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1300928337.
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Eriksson, Högvall Malena. "”Ett ställe där man gråter när man flyttar dit och gråter när man flyttar därifrån” -En studie om platsidentitet i Fellingsbro ur ett nutida och historiskt perspektiv." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-92573.
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Denna studie har för avsikt att undersöka begreppet platsidentitet i relation till vad personer boende i Fellingsbro förknippar med sina liv. Syftet med studien är att undersöka vad personer i Fellingsbro förknippar med sina liv ur ett nutida och historiskt perspektiv samt om, och i så fall hur, personernas platsidentiteter har förändrats mellan 1970-talet till idag 2021.Begreppet platsidentitet har många olika definitioner. Platsidentitet kan förstås som dels baserad på platsens identitet, dels baserad på personernas identitet kopplat till platsen. Den här studien utgår från personers identitet kopplat till platsen men definitionen har även fått en egen prägel för att passa just den här studien. Det är vad personer förknippar och har förknippat med sitt liv, och därmed deras identitet i Fellingsbro, som är fokus i den här studien.Studiens empiriska undersökning är baserad på en flermetodsforskning där kvantitativa enkäter och kvalitativa intervjuer har kompletterat varandra. Enkätundersökningen låg till grund för avgränsningar i studien och intervjuerna gav fördjupad information om de olika teman som uppstod genom enkäten.Vidare är studiens slutsatser att de respondenter som har deltagit i denna studie har annorlunda platsidentiteter idag i jämförelse med vad de hade under 1970-talet. Respondenternas förändrade identiteter kan förstås genom ortens fysiska förändring, rörelsemönster och känsla för platsen. Dessa förändringar mynnar ut i att en majoritet av respondenterna idag ser andra orter som mer viktiga i sina liv än vad de var på 1970-talet. Samtidigt som respondenterna idag associerar sammanhållningen i Fellingsbro med de närmsta grannarna snarare än med Fellingsbro i stort som de i högre grad gjorde under 1970-talet.
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Kolodziejski, Ann Louise. "Connecting people and place : sense of place and local action." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2014. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/connecting-people-and-place-sense-of-place-and-local-action(ee59cb31-5bf2-4016-8b15-00577317434a).html.
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The relevance of places to people has been questioned in recent times, as the world has become increasingly globalised and people more mobile. The aim of this research was to explore the relationship between sense of place and people’s behaviour in ‘ordinary’, everyday places. This contrasts with much prior research, which has focused on ‘special’ places, such as national parks and impressive landscapes in order to investigate the components of sense of place. Most people do not live in such places, but inhabit ordinary places in (sub) urban contexts. The research questions were: How does sense of place manifest in an ordinary, everyday landscape? In what ways can social learning impact upon the dynamics of sense of place? Can a more salient sense of place affect people’s attitudes towards and behaviour within their local area? Using an action research approach, pre- and post-interviews and three workshops to create a sustainable future vision at a neighbourhood level of scale, and the town as a whole, were held with fourteen residents of East Bolton, in the North West of England. The activities were designed to facilitate interaction between the participants, so that meanings attributed to places could be shared and discussed. This approach allowed participants to see familiar places in new ways and to share perspectives. The key themes that emerged from this research were: the importance of childhood places; the impact of mobility – both physical and social mobility; the interdependence of places at various scales; and also self-efficacy and people’s ability to influence their surroundings. A key finding was that sense of place can be made more salient for people in ‘ordinary’ landscapes, particularly if people are given direct experience of their places and opportunities to share and reflect on their perceptions relating to place. Social learning, however, takes time and requires resources to create opportunities to influence the salience of sense of place. The findings point to the value of promoting social learning through engagement activities. Planners, regeneration project officers and citizen groups could utilise sense of place as an organising principle to explore place meanings and as a catalyst for stimulating local action. Participants found it more difficult to discuss sense of place at the neighbourhood level of scale than the town level of scale, partly owing to their differing conception of boundaries and lack of awareness of the neighbourhood beyond the home. This has implications for implementing the localism agenda, suggesting that local action and visioning needs to be situated within activities nested at a range of scales in order to be most effective. The drive towards localism may lead to more self-organising and activism emerging from outside of the formal planning system and becoming a force for collective place shaping. Thus, the benefits of developing a more salient sense of place may also have impacts in less formal ways, such as greater interest and involvement in neighbourhood affairs and increased capacity-building, from which community action could potentially emerge.
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Katsamagka, Argyro. "Developing Place Attachment to the Natural Surroundings of the School: The Role of Outdoor Education." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-98740.
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Place is highly connected with outdoor education; it is defined by the location of the learning process and it designates both practically and theoretically ways to foster to students a strong bond with natural places. Place attachment refers to this bond or, in other words, the love relationship, one can develop with a place. This research tries to investigate if there is a causal relationship between outdoor education and development of place attachment. A quasi-experimental design research was conducted to 31 teenagers, 12-13 years old. A questionnaire, for measuring the level of place attachment to the natural surroundings of their school, was distributed at two different timelines. Four different dimensions of place attachment were measured; place identity, place dependence, social bonding and nature bonding. The experimental group participated in the program “Attachment to my Local Natural Landscape”, which was developed especially for this study and promoted direct connection with the land, through outdoor activities. The control group received no intervention. The results demonstrated that the program influenced only the female participants of the experimental group. No significant differences were indicated between the two groups after the implementation of the program. The small sample and the short length program implemented were important limitations of this study, which demand further future research to extract more clear results.
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Twigger, Clare Louise. "Psychological attachment to place and identity : London Docklands - a case study." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.359858.
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Simonova, Veronika V. "Living Taiga memories : how landscape creates remembering among Evenkis in the North Baikal, Siberia." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2013. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=211332.
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Amrhein, Kelly E. "Neighborhood Attachment as a Moderator of the Relationship between Collective Efficacy and Delinquency." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1363344203.
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Brown, Stephen Hepburn. "Place-attachment in heritage theory and practice: a personal and ethnographic study." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/15976.
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The thesis is a critical study of the concept of place-attachment in Australian heritage practice and its application in this field. Place-attachment is typically characterised as a form of intangible heritage arising from interactions between people and place. I trace how this meaning borrows from concepts in psychology and geography and argue that the idea of place-attachment is often applied uncritically in heritage conservation because the field lacks a body of discipline-specific theory. It is my thesis that place-attachment can be conceptualised in a way that is more amenable to effective heritage management practice than is currently the case. I construct a concept of place-attachment that draws on a notion of intra-action and theories of attachment, agency and affect. I define place-attachment as a distributed phenomenon that emerges through the entanglements of individuals or groups, places and things. This meaning is interrogated via four case studies – each centred on a home and garden (including my own) and Anglo-Australians – by applying a methodology that is primarily self-referential and auto-ethnographic. Topics that emerge from the field data, including life stages (i.e., childhood-adulthood attachment), generational transfer, and experiential understanding or empathy, are examined and shown to offer support for a concept of place-attachment as entanglement. The thesis findings have implications for heritage practice. A framework of entanglement over interaction calls for recognition of intra-active assemblages in preference to intangible meanings; dynamism and multi-temporality over stasis and a distant past; the power of personal heritage alongside authorised, collective forms; and situated, relational ethics together with place-centred values.
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Park, Kiduk. "Satisfied with People or Place?: The Effects of Relocation on the Social Ties, Place Attachment, and Residential Satisfaction." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1563531792677712.
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Reese, Kelsey C. "Race, Place, and Restoration: Exploring the Impact of Ecological Restoration Efforts on Community Sense of Place in Cincinnati." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1481032024955061.
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Wheeler, Rebecca. "Experiences of place and change in rural landscapes : three English case studies." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/3366.
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This thesis examines how changes to rural places and landscapes are experienced by residents and incorporated into place attachments and identities over time. It does so through exploring findings from seventy-eight qualitative, ‘emplaced’, oral history interviews in three English villages: Mullion (Cornwall); Askam and Ireleth (Cumbria); and Martham (Norfolk). These villages are located near to at least one existing windfarm, which – as an example of rural change - provides a common focus for the research. The research is informed by a ‘middle-ground’ theoretical approach that considers discursive and experiential aspects of people-environment relationships and pays particular attention to how engagements with the past are enrolled in shaping experiences of landscape, place and change. Attitudes towards rural place-change are identified as being shaped by four complex, relational facets, viz: i) discursive interpretations of rural place, (post)nature and temporality; ii) experiential factors; iii) assessments of utility; and iv) local contexts. The thesis draws these together into a conceptual framework that helps guide analyses of place-change experiences. The framework’s value is demonstrated through applying it to the example of windfarms. The results reveal perceptions to be complex and multifarious but suggest that changes can be incorporated into place attachments and identities so long as highly-valued place assets are not harmed. The research makes a valuable contribution to geography by enhancing understandings about everyday rural lives and experiences; and revealing parallels between academic and lay discourses about landscape, ‘nature’ and place-temporality. It also adds to the considerable literature on perceptions of renewable energy by providing insights into attitudes towards windfarms at the post-construction, rather than proposal, stage.
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Venter, Wenonah Machdelena. "People and Pride: A Qualitative Study of Place Attachment and Professional Placemakers." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6152.
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Place is a setting for everyday life. Through processes of meaning making that are rooted in experience and interaction, places become meaningful and structure much of everyday life. Place is simultaneously a physical construction that gives it material form. Place is an object that is envisioned, designed, organized, redesigned, and reorganized. Often, the (re)creation of places is entrusted to professional placemakers, a population with decision making power over processes of physical construction. This research broadly identifies professional placemakers as a population whose professional work can affect change onto the built environment. The literature of place attachment provides strong testimony to the meaningful relationships that people have to built environments and physical forms. For example, the meanings and emotions that residents and stakeholders attach to their homes, neighborhoods, cities, and communities. Professional placemakers hold a degree of power over the built environment and can drastically transform the attachments that people have to place. This research explores the interaction of the social and physical construction of place by considering how placemakers socially construct places in their professional work of physically constructing sites. I ask: how do professional placemakers form emotional bonds to the places they work to (re)create? And, what do those places mean to them? Primary data analysis of eight in-depth interviews with professional placemakers reveal that placemakers socially construct places they work to (re)create in different ways. The data revealed two interacting themes – ‘for the people’ and pride. Further analysis concluded that some professional placemakers see place as a social territory that is unique with history, people, and problems; while others see place as a piece of the built environment that is the successful product of their professional work. While this research underscores the saliency of place attachment across populations by addressing a gap in the literature, these findings have implications for the professional field of placemaking in general. If placemakers are varied in the ways they socially construct the places they are charged to (re)create, what are the consequences for the places on which they work and the people who will live, work, or play in those places?
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Venter, Wenonah M. "People and Pride| A Qualitative Study of Place Attachment and Professional Placemakers." Thesis, University of South Florida, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10090254.
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Place is a setting for everyday life. Through processes of meaning making that are rooted in experience and interaction, places become meaningful and structure much of everyday life. Place is simultaneously a physical construction that gives it material form. Place is an object that is envisioned, designed, organized, redesigned, and reorganized. Often, the (re)creation of places is entrusted to professional placemakers, a population with decision making power over processes of physical construction. This research broadly identifies professional placemakers as a population whose professional work can affect change onto the built environment. The literature of place attachment provides strong testimony to the meaningful relationships that people have to built environments and physical forms. For example, the meanings and emotions that residents and stakeholders attach to their homes, neighborhoods, cities, and communities. Professional placemakers hold a degree of power over the built environment and can drastically transform the attachments that people have to place. This research explores the interaction of the social and physical construction of place by considering how placemakers socially construct places in their professional work of physically constructing sites. I ask: how do professional placemakers form emotional bonds to the places they work to (re)create? And, what do those places mean to them? Primary data analysis of eight in-depth interviews with professional placemakers reveal that placemakers socially construct places they work to (re)create in different ways. The data revealed two interacting themes – ‘for the people’ and pride. Further analysis concluded that some professional placemakers see place as a social territory that is unique with history, people, and problems; while others see place as a piece of the built environment that is the successful product of their professional work. While this research underscores the saliency of place attachment across populations by addressing a gap in the literature, these findings have implications for the professional field of placemaking in general. If placemakers are varied in the ways they socially construct the places they are charged to (re)create, what are the consequences for the places on which they work and the people who will live, work, or play in those places?
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Chandrasen, Abhirarm. "Sojourner consumer behaviour : the influence of nostalgia, ethnocentrism, cosmopolitanism and place attachment." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2016. http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/80289/.
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In today’s interconnected world, increasing numbers of consumers are becoming involved in an internationally mobile lifestyle. During this transitional event, these international consumers become temporary residents in a foreign host country. Transient consumers are formally known as sojourners. Despite the recognition that sojourners’ international mobility is contributing to the development of multicultural marketplaces worldwide, there is a paucity of empirical evidence on their consumer behaviour. As opposed to other border crossers, sojourners do not travel with the intention of settling down in the host country. Thus, their psychological profile differs from that of permanent movers and, consequently, there is a need for a separate study of sojourners as consumers. To this end, this thesis builds on the notions of home and host countries from the consumer acculturation theory. Specifically, the influence of psychological values relating to sojourners’ home and host country on their consumer behaviour is examined in two investigations. Using structural equation modelling and related statistical methods, the findings from the two investigations add to the development of the knowledge on this consumer group. The home country investigation shows that nostalgia and ethnocentrism are two influential drivers of sojourners’ buying intention towards products from home. Importantly, it is also found that the length of stay in the host country and the product category determine the extent to which the two values shape sojourner consumer behaviour. The host country investigation reveals that sojourners’ level of place attachment to a host country is a useful predictor of sojourners’ origin recognition accuracy of the host country’s brands. This is an important finding, as brand origin recognition accuracy has been found to influence attitudes and intentions. The two investigations contribute to the consumer acculturation theory by uncovering the influence of the country-specific psychological values that drive consumer behaviour. The findings on the influences of values and demographic characteristics provide practical means for marketers to target sojourners as customers.
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Parvin, Suraiya. "IDENTIFYING PLACE ATTACHMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENTS IN NORTHEAST OHIO, UNITED STATES." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1625672920689291.
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Byström, Emelie. "Poseidonia-Paestum revisited : Tracing aspects of place attachment in an ancient context." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens kultur, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-158800.
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The city of Poseidonia-Paestum on the Italian peninsula has a long and manifold history throughout Antiquity. The city was founded by Greek settlers in the seventh century BC, put under Lucanian rule around 400 BC, and was finally colonized by the Romans in the year of 273 BC. This study aims to connect the tangible traces of history to the intangible feelings for a place and explore how these elements give rise to the psychological process of place attachment. The concept holds and interdisciplinary potential and thus is possible to apply to the ancient material from Poseidonia-Paestum. The Greek agora, the Roman forum and the extramural Sanctuary of Santa Venera is approached and analysed from this perspective. A close reading of previous research on place attachment in combination with the archaeological record from Poseidonia-Paestum has formed the basis for analysing the material. This study has shown that it is possible to contextualize the theoretical framework of place attachment in an ancient material by pointing out the semiotic potency of the material remains from Poseidonia-Paestum. Through this perspective new questions have been raised and interpreted. Ultimately, a deeper understanding of the attitudes and ideas that formed the basis of human actions and decisions in the ancient city of Poseidonia-Paestum has been reached.
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Su, Yu-Wen, and 蘇鈺雯. "Place Attachment＆Space Reformation." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/40178037526362346521.
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碩士大葉大學
設計暨藝術學院碩士班
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In the instance of old houses’ experiences of the humane value in different periods or the time memory left over by the environmental and physical transition, this research targets at the reconstruction of old house and excavates the Place attachment produced by the interaction between men and space. This research attempts to discuss the interaction and correlation among three elements including location, activity and people surrounding reconstruction of old house. With the catalyst produced by activities and the accumulation of the memory of location, meaning and identification, people who take part in activities can gain spiritual gratification. By working on bibliographies, observing the space measurement in case analysis, and interviewing experts and professors, I try to conclude the correlation of the Place attachment produced by the interaction between men and space and expect to prove the cultural reproduction of humane activities will be a part of the reconstruction of old house, which will also be a new place attachment, a kind of environmental value and attachment created by humane activities.
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McBain, Kerry Anne. "Adult attachment theory and attachment to place: exploring relationships between people and places." Thesis, 2010. https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/19819/1/01front.pdf.
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First proposed by Bowlby in 1969, attachment theory was developed to conceptualise the universal human need to form close affectional bonds. According to Bowlby, infant attachment behaviour is regulated by an innate behavioural system, designed through natural selection to promote safety and survival. This is achieved by seeking and maintaining proximity to a caregiver. When attachment needs are fulfilled the infant is able to explore the environment, secure with the knowledge of the availability and responsiveness of the caregiver (Bowlby, 1969). In 1987, Hazen and Shaver demonstrated the ability of the theory to predict variations in the way that adults experience romantic love. Their study triggered a surge in research ultimately designed to measure the complexity and continuity of the attachment process across the life span.
Over the past three decades there has also been emerging interest in relation to the broad topic of place attachment. Research has indicated that the concept incorporates: strong emotional bonds to place; memories and other cognitive interpretations that provide meaning to the experience of place; and anxiety or concern associated with separation or removal from a particular place (Low & Altman, 1992). Although scientific investigation of interpersonal attachment theory and its environmental analogue, attachment to place, were being conducted simultaneously, researchers tended to overlook the prospect of a conjoint working model or the extension of the attachment behavioural system to examine core environmental relationships.
The primary goal of this thesis was to apply an interpersonal attachment model to place attachment. Four broad research questions were addressed, the first of which concerned links between place and interpersonal attachment. The second was to identify attachment style differences in the experience of childhood places and the current home. The third research question examined whether the bonds that we form with place can in fact be classified as attachment bonds, with characteristics similar to those that we form with people. The final research question focused on the composition and structure of the network of places in which people live, and how they relate to those places.The research was conducted across two studies, using a questionnaire battery which contained a combination of new and published, qualitative and quantitative measures.
The first study, using a sample of 99 undergraduate students (age 17- 55), investigated the relationship between interpersonal and place attachment and examined attachment style differences in the experience of place using favourite childhood places, the present home, and personal possessions as the primary objects of attachment. The results provided evidence of the predicted associations between interpersonal and place attachment styles, but failed to support an association between place and possession attachment. The study also illustrated both place and interpersonal attachment style differences in the experience of childhood places and current homes. Secure place and interpersonal attachment were associated with time spent with others and higher levels of positive affect, whereas insecure place and interpersonal attachment were associated with higher levels of negative affect, and the recall of negative memories of childhood places.
The second study, with a sample of 105 adults (age 18-79), examined the structure of the network of places in which people live and how they relate to those places and the network of people that they interact with. It also investigated place and interpersonal attachment, and personality style differences in the composition of those attachment networks and examined whether or not relationships with place can be classified as 'attachment bonds'. The results provided evidence of the predicted associations between interpersonal and place attachment styles, but failed to support an association with the Big Five personality traits. Relationships with several types of place were confirmed as attachment bonds based on the use of these places for a range of attachment functions (e.g. using the place as a safe haven and secure base; evidence of hypothetical sense of loss). Attachment style differences in the interaction between people and the places listed in their attachment network were also illustrated. Those who were securely attached to place valourised their current home whereas those who were insecurely attached valourised previous homes, leisure environments and holiday destinations.
Overall the current research suggests empirical support for the proposed theoretical links between interpersonal and place attachment. It also supports the proposition that our relationships with place are attachment bonds with similar characteristics to those identified for interpersonal attachment. Theoretical implications as well as future directions for research are outlined in relation to the findings.
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Hui-Chen, Ou Yang, and 歐陽慧真. "Recreation Specialization and Place Attachment:." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/08742019423249811546.
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碩士東海大學
景觀學系
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The site of this study was Gi-Gu wetland. To observe about the birding activity on site, there is a phenomenon of recreation specialization. The study between recreation specialization and place attachment was not clear enough. Because of these reasons, the purpose of this study was to discuss the relationship between recreation specialization and place attachment. In order to get the result, this study drew up a list to measure the recreation specialization degree of bird-watchers. The result found that amount to standardization grade of each variable can get the recreation specialization grade. To base on the whole recreation specialization grade range and divided into four equal parts, the degree of types in order were ”casual bird-watchers”, ”novices”, ”intermediates”, and ”advanced bird-watchers”. The analysis between social background and recreation degree showed that the level of age and education of “advanced bird-watchers” was higher than others. Because of the different characters of trip, for example, the way to participate, the companion, time of stay and carry tools, the recreation specialization degree of bird-watchers would have significant difference. Therefore, we can generally judge the degree of bird-watcher by these outer behaviors. The place attachment included two factors, ”place identity” and “place dependent”. There was positive correlation between place identity and recreation specialization degree and negative correlation between place dependent and recreation specialization degree. When the recreation specialization degree rise up, the degree of place identity in emotional function would also rise up and the degree of place dependent in substance function would decrease. Therefore bird-watchers more and more specialize, they would get less and less limitation on environment. They have more choice and wouldn’t focus on some place. The environmental factor were the reasons when most of bird-watchers choose the place. The difference between types of bird-watchers would cause the difference of environment preference. Advanced bird-watchers preferred the environment without any equipment and kept the current environment. Casual bird-watchers preferred to add new equipment in Gi-Gu wetland. This result showed that bird-watchers with high recreation specialization degree, they had lower request about environment and they can stand rough environment. This research made sure the relationship between and found that different types of recreation specialization degree of bird-watchers, their preference and demand were also different. Concerning the planning and management in future, we should provide different environment because of their different demand. Therefore we can made effective use of environment and achieve the goals that reservation and development can coexist.
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Mosscrop, Katrina. "Place Attachment: Grade 2 Students' Special Places at their Schools." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/7227.
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Children transform different spaces into their own special places by interacting with the physical and social environment (Hart, 1979; Rasmussen, 2004; Sobel, 1993/2002). Special place research has focused largely on children’s place–making in neighbourhoods, including the process of finding and constructing forts, playhouses and dens in outdoor environments (Benson, 2009; Hart, 1979; Kylin, 2003; Sobel, 1993/2002). The significant presence of schools in children’s everyday lives (Rasmussen, 2004), however, has encouraged some researchers to investigate what environmental conditions foster learning (Derr, 2006; Maxwell, 2006; O’Dell, 2011; Upitis, 2007), as well as how children use and experience social and physical aspects of these places (Einarsdottir, 2005; Peterson, 2009; Rathunde, 2003).
Although researchers recognize that learning environments have the potential to enhance learning by the presence of specific design elements, little is known about what constitutes places that elementary students characterize as special, and to which they become attached. Some schools, including Montessori, claim to offer a uniquely prepared learning environment that enhances students’ development, though empirical studies that involve Montessori elementary programs predominantly use academic standardized test scores to compare them to other programs (Baines & Snortum, 1973; Lopata, Wallace, & Finn, 2005).
The purpose of this study was to explore places at school that students characterized as special and to describe what aspects made them special. This study used photo elicitation interviews, walking tours, and focus groups to explore 11 Grade 2 students’ special places in two Ontario learning environments: a privately funded, not-for-profit Montessori school and a publicly funded school.
Results demonstrated that Grade 2 students in both schools identified special places, both indoors and outdoors, for developing a sense of placeness; engaging in types of play; fostering and engaging in friendships; and having solititude and tranquility. Further analysis revealed two underlying themes: places were special because they afforded students opportunities to be interdependent or independent. Future research is necessary to determine the long-term significance of students’ special places in different learning environments.Thesis (Master, Education) -- Queen's University, 2012-05-30 19:43:33.982
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Morgan, Paul, University of Western Sydney, College of Arts, and School of Social Ecology. "Remembrance of places past : adult recollection of childhood place experience." 2007. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/16919.
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The purpose of this research is to explore the nature of adult remembrance of childhood experience of place. The research asks what it is like for adults to recall their childhood experiences of place, and what role childhood place experience plays in shaping adult identity. The study explores the lived experience of seven participants, five men and two women, as they remember the outdoor places of their childhood in semi-structured interviews. It undertakes a phenomenological investigation into the nature of these experiences, consisting of an individual description of each remembrance experience, phenomenological reduction, and identification of the qualities of the experience. The integration of several concepts in the light of participants’ experiences of childhood place remembrance can be considered to be an initial step towards establishing a development theory of place.Master of Arts (Hons)
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Anggraini, Luh M. "Place attachment, place identity and tourism in Jimbaran and Kuta, Bali." Thesis, 2015. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:32139.
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This thesis is an ethnography involving as case studies two prominent tourism districts in Bali, Indonesia: Jimbaran and Kuta. The thesis explores the intersection between place attachment, place identity and tourism in these destination communities with implications for tourism planning. The study focuses on how local residents of Jimbaran and Kuta construct place meaning and perform place attachment; how locals value their place after tourism; how local communities (re)construct place identity; and how a local sense of place approach can inform tourism planning in Bali. Drawing on photographs as visual materials and narratives of local communities, this study was conducted using multiple methods, including fieldwork with photoelicitation, interviews and focus groups in Jimbaran; and online social media research for Kuta. Document studies were also applied. Thematic and discourse analyses were utilised to examine the data. The findings reveal that in everyday life, local places have significant meanings associated with the cultural and spiritual commitments that together constitute the local people’s sense of place. Local philosophies such as Tri Hita Karana (relating to sources of happiness) and Desa Kala Patra (relating to place, time and occasion) are vital for locals in achieving wellbeing, maintaining their emotional attachment with their village and safeguarding Balinese culture in these localities. It is also evident that tourism within local settings largely interrupts local place attachment and place identity. Moreover, this thesis argues that indigenous-rooted communities have a significant role in maintaining tradition, identity, values and esteem of their village under desa adat (traditional village) coordination. Under this traditional scheme, the recuperation of local identity in both places is maintained through local communities’ initiatives. This thesis concludes by suggesting that place attachment and place identity of local communities in Bali are important in sustaining Balinese culture during tourism development of the island. A key recommendation and contribution of this research is that local sense of place could be adopted as a very productive approach to strengthen kepariwisataan budaya (cultural tourism) policy in Bali and tourism development on the island, and to ensure cultural sustainability.
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Van, Loggerenberg Nicolene. "An investigation into place attachment in Newtown." Diss., 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23530.
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Town centres are increasingly being marketed and managed in a strategic manner. This is an attempt to increase footfall, awareness and participation in order to create long-term economic value for all stakeholders. The research contained in this study investigates the phenomenon of place attachment, where individuals experience varying levels of attachment to specific places. This attachment is typified by emotional bonds between individuals or groups of individuals and specific places, where place is seen as unique. This uniqueness is manifested in two main dimensions, and those are attachment due to the physical characteristics of a place and attachment due to the emotions a person or group experiences by virtue of the place. Various drivers of place attachment have been identified. The prevalence of these drivers amongst the business community of Newtown was investigated in order to give marketing professionals a better understanding of how individuals become attached to places. These findings could provide marketing professionals with a better understanding of place attachment drivers in order to improve their efforts in marketing a variety of places. It is hoped that this study will also highlight areas for future research regarding the phenomenon of place attachment and the implications for marketing professionals.Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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Liu, Chuan-Pin, and 劉全斌. "Analysis of Place Attachment in Coffee Shop." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/43798480716699629915.
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碩士中國文化大學
生活應用科學系
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The coffee industry is well developed and very competitive in Taiwan. Franchises/chained and individual non-chained coffee shops, along with the fast food restaurants and convenience stores are the mainstream coffee consumption places for consumers. Attachment is an emotional bond for an individual to a place. Coffee consumers might feel connected to a specific coffee shop as a third place from their home and workplace. Place attachment can be an important factor for coffee shop operation and marketing. The purpose of this study was to examine the key factors of what constitutes customer’s place attachment toward coffee shops. This study utilized literature review and Fuzzy Delphi methods to select items for further AHP analysis. This study archived 3 dimensions (people, place, and process) and 43 indices of key factors toward place attachment in coffee shop. The results of this study can provide coffee shop operators and designers insights for supporting needs to the patrons.
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Eccles, Kate. "The Effects of Volunteering on the Development of Place Attachment and Stewardship of Natural Places." 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-05-547.
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The purpose of this study was to explore how volunteers engaged in natural-area
based projects develop attachments to the resource and act as stewards for these
resources. The context of this study was the National Park Service's All Taxa
Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) project. This project recruits citizen scientist volunteers
to go out into the field with scientists to help collect and catalogue species in the park in
an attempt to generate an all inclusive species inventory. Using data collected during indepth
interviews and notes taken from participant observations, this study found ATBI
participants' motivations to volunteer in the project were multifaceted and included (a)
an attachment to the park, (b) an attachment to specific species, (c) the social bonds to
other volunteers, (d) the bioblitz experience itself, (e) and/or the opportunity to learn
about the natural environment. Analysis of the data also found volunteer informants had
personal, well defined meanings attached to the resource prior to the inception of the
ATBI project. Through participation in the ATBI project, however, the resource was
experienced in a new way, with new meanings emerging while other established
meanings were refined. It was found that these established, emerging, and refined meanings formed the foundation of the informants' attachments to the ATBI resource(s),
which in turn became the basis for their stewardship of their respective parks, as well as
feelings of stewardship for natural areas beyond park boundaries.
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LI, TE-MEI, and 李德梅. "Place Satisfaction, Place Attachment and Pro-environmental Behavioral Intention among Elderly Visitors." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/j652mp.
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碩士大葉大學
運動健康管理學系
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The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of place satisfaction, place attachment and pro-environmental behavioral intention among elderly visitors. The research subjects were elderly visitors aged over fifty-five who have been to neighborhood park in Taoyuan City. This study conducted a questionnaire survey, and retrieved 357 valid questionnaires. This study used structural equation model as analysis tool. The research results showed that: (1) elderly visitors’ place satisfaction has a positive effect on place attachment; (2) elderly visitors’ place attachment has a positive effect on pro-environmental behavioral intention; (3) elderly visitors’ place satisfaction has a positive effect on pro-environmental behavioral intention. According to the research results mentioned above, it is advised to enhance elderly visitors’ place satisfaction in order to promote their place attachment and pro-environmental behavioral intention.
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Li, Allan, and 李亞倫. "Residents’ Place Attachment toward Baguashan Buddha Scenery Site." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/99793485103402972897.
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碩士大葉大學
設計暨藝術學院碩士在職專班
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ABSTRACT Characterized by abundant natural ecologies and fascinating historic cultures, Great Buddha Scenic Area in Changhua City is a representative scenic spot in the city and also one of the good places for local residents to engage leisure and sport activities. This study investigated local residents’ attachment to Baguashan Buddha Scenery Site using a quantitative questionnaire survey and qualitative interviews. In the questionnaire survey, this study viewed attachment as comprised of psychological attachment (place identity) and functional attachment (place dependence). A questionnaire on the use of the scenic area, visit frequency, and perceptions was administered to local residents living in the nearby eight villages who were selected by stratified random sampling. In the qualitative interviews, the researcher focused on local residents’ memories and expectations of Baguashan Buddha Scenery Site to understand their attachment to and development of the scenic area. The main results are as follows: 1. Local residents’ attachment to the scenic area consists of three constructs: psychological attachment, social activity attachment, and family activity attachment. 2. The degree of their psychological attachment is higher than the degree of their functional attachment. 3. Elders have a higher degree of place attachment. 4. Local residents’ perceptions of the functional facilities in Baguashan Buddha Scenery Site differ by their socio-economic statuses. 5. Changes of Baguashan Buddha Scenery Site affect local residents’ intention to visit. 6. The sport and leisure activities park is crowded with people. 7. In the future, this scenic area should be developed into a place suitable for parent-child activities.
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Liu, Sian-Si, and 劉憲錫. "Level of Specialization and Place Attachment of Anglers." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/24230104009175713147.
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碩士國立東華大學
觀光暨遊憩管理研究所
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Level of specialization has been used to explain variation in attitudes, preferences for facilities and settings, and environmental attributes. Recreation specialization may associate with feelings about places and outdoor recreation activities. Recent research showed that recreation specialization has been associated with individuals’ attachment to a place. Therefore, the purposes of this study were two fold: (a) to examines the level of specialization among anglers and their attachment to scenic east coast in Taiwan, and (b) to examine if there is an association between level of specialization and their attachment to scenic east coast. Recreation specialization was a five dimensional scale including level of experience, skill level and ability, centrality to lifestyle, enduring involvement, and equipment and investment. Place attachment scale included 15 items representing the place identity , place dependence and lifestyle dimensions. In July and September 2006, we surveyed visitors to the scenic east coast near Hualien, Taiwan. Using a random sampling and convenience sampling at sites, we obtained a sample of 283 anglers. The results showed that (1) three level of specialization were identified, (2) three place attachment dimensions were identified and named: place dependence, place identity, and centrality to lifestyle and (3) high experience level, high skill level, and high centrality to lifestyle tend to be associated with the place attachment dimensions, however, anglers involvement and expenditure level had no association with the place attachment dimensions. Implications for environments and outdoor recreation management were discussed. Suggestions and recommendations were made for practice and future research.
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Houck, Fawn E. "Sweet home Chicago? African-Americans and place attachment /." 2002. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/50262934.html.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2002.Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 79-83).
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Tai, Wei-Yu, and 戴維佑. "Exploring the relationships among Place Attachment, Place Identity, Team Identification, and Fan Loyalty." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/99718915834898812243.
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碩士臺北市立大學
休閒運動管理學系碩士班
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Most of major professional sport leagues in the world are conducted the franchise management. In Taiwan, the CPBL (The Chinese Professional Baseball League) has been developing for 26 years, part of the teams still manage home-away system around the country. LAMIGO MONKEYS team has being dedicated to conducting the franchise management since it moved to Taoyuan city and chose Taoyuan as its home field in 2011. During the 2013 season , LAMIGO MONKEYS implemented single home court system, the growth rate of the number of spectators reached 158%. During the 2014 season, while the total number of spectators of CPBL was decreased, LAMIGO MONKEYS was the only team with a positive growth rate. Consequently, carrying out the franchise management can be successful in Taiwan. In this study, place attachment and place identity that originate from environmental psychology are the key words to explain the relationship between residents and place. This study focuses on the relationship between team identification and fan loyalty, and investigates the moderating effect of place attachment and place identity. 600 questionnaires were distributed during LM’s games in Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium with 221 valid questionnaires from Taoyuan citizen also a fan of LAMIGO. Results: (1) Team identification has significant positive influence on fan loyalty, place attachment and place identity, and (2) Place attachment and place identity can’t moderate the relationship of team identification and fan loyalty. Although place attachment and place identity did not affect the relationship between team identification and fan loyalty, yet place attachment and place identity had a significant positive relationship with team identification and fan loyalty. The current study indicated that the relationship between fan and place might affect fan loyalty. Therefore, according to the result of this study, the other 3 teams in CPBL should consider adopt the franchise strategy, including schedule home games in local stadium, collaborate promotions campaign with local government, and establish community relationship.
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Morgan, Paul. "Remembrance of places past : adult recollection of childhood place experience." Thesis, 2007. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/16919.
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The purpose of this research is to explore the nature of adult remembrance of childhood experience of place. The research asks what it is like for adults to recall their childhood experiences of place, and what role childhood place experience plays in shaping adult identity. The study explores the lived experience of seven participants, five men and two women, as they remember the outdoor places of their childhood in semi-structured interviews. It undertakes a phenomenological investigation into the nature of these experiences, consisting of an individual description of each remembrance experience, phenomenological reduction, and identification of the qualities of the experience. The integration of several concepts in the light of participants’ experiences of childhood place remembrance can be considered to be an initial step towards establishing a development theory of place.
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Iyawe, Hope Uhunmwonsere. "Place-attachment and pro-environmental behaviour: a case-study of household solid waste management in Urora, Benin City, Nigeria." Thesis, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/29037.
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A thesis submitted to the faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Johannesburg, 2019Due to increasing urbanisation occasioned by population explosion and the attendant waste management challenges in most developing country-cities, scholars have theorised that residents who exhibit strong place attachment (PA) are likely to embark on pro-environmental behaviour (PEB). This school of thought maintain that their immediate environment is regularly maintained to retain and increase its aesthetic appeal. However, the environmental behavioural patterns of Urora residents – a settlement located on the outskirts of Benin City, Nigeria – contradict this theory. While Urora residents demonstrate strong PA with regular socio-cultural meaning making interactions between them and their habitat, indiscriminate disposal of solid waste both at household and community levels is the normal rather than the exception. In this light, the study applied a combination of direct ethnographic observation methods guided by the principles from (neuro)phenomenology, with focus group discussions among purposefully selected participants to explore the underlying drivers of the apparent coexistence of strong PA with weak PEB. The data were analysed using content analysis/thick description, and phenomenological analysis of the lived-experiences in relation to the indiscriminate solid waste disposal practices. The study finds that residents exhibit strong PA as mediated through rituals such as worship, marriage, burial and community forums, which address issues such as quarrels between neighbours, levies to offset burial expenses, and degraded surroundings. However, these practices do not translate into PEB. Instead, the study finds that, in the absence of municipal waste services such as communal waste collection bins, residents engaged in anti-environmental practices such as open-air burning, ad hoc landfills, and indiscriminate waste disposals in open fields, street corners, and secluded nooks and crannies. The study also finds that rituals could be used to bridge the disconnect between PA and PEB. This is because both religious and traditional worship leaders, as key stakeholders, have the unique leverage needed to drive the agenda of ensuring effective solid waste management in Urora. This assertion is premised on the fact that despite having a population of less than 50 000 residents, Urora is host to 36 public worship centres, apart from private and individual altars.
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