Place attachment in stigmatized settings: a study based on community experience inCosta Rica(Apego al lugar en contextos estigmatizados: un estudio desde la experiencia comunitaria en Costa Rica)
Abstract:Research into place attachment theory has traditionally focused on the positive values associated with territories, leaving to one side the analysis of phenomena where the construction of sociophysical bonds is marked by ambivalence, as in the case of territorial stigma. With a view to contributing further information to existing knowledge on this topic, the research presented here aims to explore the dimensions involved in place attachment in relation to stigmatized urban communities in Costa Rica. This study… Show more
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