Place attachment in a revitalizing neighborhood: Individual and block levels of analysis

Brown, Barbara; Perkins, Douglas D.; Brown, Graham

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“…(e.g. Brown et al, 2003;Hay, 1998;Taylor et al, 1984). Their narratives served to construct a meaningful connection to and long-time rootedness in the place, talking themselves into a relationship with the place (Granås, 2012) and wanting to be seen as "insiders".…”

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“…Length of residence has been identified as a main predictor of place attachment (Hay, 1998;Riger & Lavrakas, 1981;Taylor, Gottfredson, & Brower, 1984). Equally, home or land ownership, life history and feelings of social belonging play a central role for individuals (Brown, Perkins, & Brown, 2003;Giuliani, 1991;Hernandez, Hidalgo, Salazar-Laplace, & Hess, 2007;Soini et al, 2012). Importantly, the role of nature has been described as central to place attachment (Brehm, 2007;Kaltenborn & Bjerke, 2002;Pitkänen, Puhakka, & Sawatzky, 2011).…”

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Tourism activity as an expression of place attachment–place perceptions among tourism actors in the Jukkasjärvi area of northern Sweden

Schilar

Keskitalo

2017

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

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Thus far, the relation between place attachment and lifestyle entrepreneurship has received limited attention in tourism studies. Our study addresses tourism actors' relationship to the place of their engagement, here the Jukkasjärvi area of northern Sweden. Using a qualitative approach, we analyse their place attachment with particular attention to their perceptions of nature. Thereby, we contribute to a deeper understanding of the theoretical linkage between place attachment and lifestyle entrepreneurship in rural nature-based tourism. We find that all actors have strong bonds to the places of their engagement, which we suggest is a key motivator for their professional engagement with tourism. Furthermore, our findings highlight that not only the functional dimension of the environment, but particularly emotional attachment to the environment allows people to perceive places as "ideal" for their activities. All actors speak of their strong appreciation of the natural environment, in particular the climate and seasons, and they embody their attachment through diverse outdoor activities. They claim they wish to "share their lifestyle" with tourists and pursue work-related activities in the same ways and in the same places as their private activities. Hence, we propose that positive perceptions of the natural environment and particularly enthusiasm for different outdoor activities foster as well as promote tourism activity more than other factors do.

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Tourism activity as an expression of place attachment–place perceptions among tourism actors in the Jukkasjärvi area of northern Sweden

Schilar

Keskitalo

2017

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

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“…Personal factors that have been found to affect such satisfaction are, amongst others, the past experiences that we associate with a place; our adaptive behavior to and within such a place, that is our tendency to grow fond of what we have, or the conditions we are given; whether we own or rent our residential environment and our stage in life of occupation of the home in which we live (Brown et al 2003); this might also be linked to fear of eviction. Lastly, our sense of control -or lack of -and residential mobility also play a part in our degree of satisfaction towards our residential environment.…”

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“…Amongst the social ones, the fear of crime, the number of traffic accidents occurring, the sense of neighboring felt (Bell 1996), and the access to services (Rioux and Werner 2011) have been studied. On the other hand, research has found that these can be lessened through the use of good design and maintenance; for example, lighting and well-maintained greenery can help lower the fear of crime (Bell 1996),.Personal factors that have been found to affect such satisfaction are, amongst others, the past experiences that we associate with a place; our adaptive behavior to and within such a place, that is our tendency to grow fond of what we have, or the conditions we are given; 19 whether we own or rent our residential environment and our stage in life of occupation of the home in which we live (Brown et al 2003); this might also be linked to fear of eviction. Lastly, our sense of control -or lack of -and residential mobility also play a part in our degree of satisfaction towards our residential environment.…”

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Urban Design and Quality of Life

Rómice

Thwaites

Porta

et al. 2016

Handbook of Environmental Psychology and Quality of Life Research

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This chapter deals with those aspects of the design of cities that have been shown to affect quality of life. Whilst direct causal relationships between physical space and well-being are often difficult to establish, physical space certainly does play a significant part in shaping the way we engage with it, informing the individual and collective sense of attachment to our own environment; this will become increasingly important, with the urbanization process predicted to grow, a significant part of which in conditions of informality. The aim of this chapter is to gather relevant and recent research that highlights advances in the study of the reciprocal effect between urban form and urban life and use this to compile an agenda for future thinking, research and practice in the field of socially sustainable urban design.The thrust of this agenda is centered on the concept of control. Since urbanization is an ongoing phenomenon and life in cities is now the norm for the vast majority of people, the traditional role of design needs to be reconsidered to give way to more collaborative and flexible forms of conceptualization, creation, occupation and management of space. This is important in order to relieve pressure on land and institutions, and instill an overall proactive and reciprocal attitude towards space itself, and space as a form of collective and social life.The chapter will highlight that urban quality of life rests on four core themes of: material well-being; emotional and personal development; interpersonal relationships; and physical well-being. These themes provide an organizational framework for exploration of how they are manifest at the metropolitan, neighbourhood and pedestrian levels of scale. KeywordsCities, urban form, control, urban design, quality of life, metropolitan scale, neighbourhood scale, pedestrian scale. Email author OutlineFrom an overview on recent trends in urbanization, we will introduce the notion of control as a key to read the following text and in particular we will: 1. contextualize the concept of control in relation to the fields of both quality of life (QoL) and urban form. In fact, the literature in both domains shows that there is a mutually reciprocal relationship between aspects of quality of life and urban spatial structure; 2. review established and recent research on the relationships between QoL and urban form, structured around metropolitan, neighborhood and pedestrian scales, which illustrates the centrality of control in shaping our cities and allowing quality of life to be fulfilled within them; 3. propose a conceptual framework for socio-spatial urban design, which is sensitive to the relative importance of predictive/structural and loose/flexible urban elements in the production and management of urban space, and their critical role in affording their users a sense of control; 4. suggest the need for a reconceptualization of city form away from an assemblage of material and spatial elements towards a more integrated sense of a city as a mutually d...

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“…Les enfants jouent un rôle particulièrement stratégique dans le développe-ment de relations de sociabilité locale, sans compter les liens de voisinage qui peuvent agir comme courroie de transmission entre parents et enfants (Authier et Lehman-Frisch, 2012;Jean, 2016;Weller et Bruegel, 2009). Les sociabilités locales ne sont pas qu'entraide et solidarité, mais elles participent tout de même à l'émergence d'une familiarité qui accroit le sentiment de sécurité (Blokland et Nast, 2014;Brown, Perkins et Brown, 2003;Karsten, 2009;Lehman-Frisch, 2013). Flâner dans la rue commerçante ou regarder les enfants jouer dans la rue ou le parc avec les voisins sont des exemples qui supportent l'idée de la présence renouvelée des familles dans les quartiers urbains.…”

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Les jeunes familles au coeur des transformations des quartiers péricentraux : le cas d’Ahuntsic à Montréal

Jean

Bilodeau

2016

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L’embourgeoisement des quartiers centraux a fait couler beaucoup d’encre au cours des dernières décennies. Le rôle joué par les familles dans les processus de transformations des quartiers demeure cependant méconnu. Nous étudions les transformations du quartier Ahuntsic comme quartier péricentral montréalais, un type de quartier en transformation peu exploré dans la littérature, face à l’arrivée de familles avec de jeunes enfants. Les résultats présentés sont le fruit d’une enquête conduite à Ahuntsic entre 2010 et 2012 où ont été menées : 1) une trentaine d’observations d’espaces publics (parcs, installations sportives, centres communautaires et bibliothèques) ; 2) plus d’une quarantaine d’entrevues courtes avec des résidents et usagers de ces espaces ; ainsi que 3) plus d’une vingtaine d’entrevues approfondies auprès de familles avec de jeunes enfants. L’arrivée de familles avec de jeunes enfants participe à la transformation du quartier à travers leur occupation de l’espace public, leurs habitudes de consommation et leurs relations sociales. Deux principaux changements sont observés. Premièrement, les familles ont des attentes spécifiques à l’égard des commerces, des parcs et des installations sportives dans le quartier. Deuxièmement, elles ont des rapports de voisinage et des pratiques de sociabilité quotidienne qui altèrent les dynamiques locales et participent au maintien de leur mode de vie urbain, précédant l’arrivée des enfants. Les changements qu’occasionne l’arrivée de familles avec de jeunes enfants invitent à repenser la place et le rôle des familles dans les quartiers péricentraux, de même qu’à une production renouvelée et inclusive de la ville.The literature on gentrification of urban neighbourhoods has flourished in recent years although the role of families in neighbourhood change remains relatively unknown. We study neighbourhood transformations due to the arrival of families with young children in Ahuntsic, a peri-central neighbourhood in Montreal, which is a type of neighbourhood largely underexplored in the academic literature. The results presented are based on a study conducted in Ahuntsic between 2010 and 2012 that includes: 1) thirty observations of public spaces (parks, sports facilities, libraries and community centres); 2) more than forty short interviews with residents and users of these spaces; and 3) over twenty in-depth interviews with families with young children. These families’ arrivals participate in the neighbourhood’s transformation through the ways in which they consume, socialize and appropriate the use of public spaces. Two major neighbourhood changes are analyzed. First, families demonstrate differentiated uses of shops, parks, sports and cultural facilities that fit their needs. Second, they display intensive neighbourly relations that transform local sociability dynamics and contribute to maintaining a valued urban lifestyle. It is argued that the neighbourhood change that comes with the arrival of families with young children, emphasizes the need to rethink the place o...

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Place attachment in a revitalizing neighborhood: Individual and block levels of analysis

Cited by 777 publications

References 32 publications

Tourism activity as an expression of place attachment–place perceptions among tourism actors in the Jukkasjärvi area of northern Sweden

Tourism activity as an expression of place attachment–place perceptions among tourism actors in the Jukkasjärvi area of northern Sweden

Urban Design and Quality of Life

Les jeunes familles au coeur des transformations des quartiers péricentraux : le cas d’Ahuntsic à Montréal

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