Urban neighbourhoods and intergroup relations: The importance of place identity

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to bring the concept of place identity into the context of intergroup relationships in urban place, using the social identity approach. A field study was conducted in four adjacent neighbourhoods in the city of Lisbon, in order to explore the influence of place identity on the perception of the participants' own neighbourhood and its residents (in-group) and of the other neighbourhoods and their residents (out-groups). The results showed that place identity was highly correlated with neighbourhood satisfaction, relevant out-group differentiation, and favouritism to the in-group and depreciation of the relevant out-group. The results also enabled the identification of three types of possible relationships between the groups: a relevant out-group for comparison, an idealized reference group for approximation, and a devaluated group for avoidance. Moreover, in this study, we extend the predictions of SIA to the comprehension of specific distance estimation distortion patterns.

Conceptualizing Festival Attractiveness and Its Impact on Festival Hosting Destination Loyalty: A Mixed Method Approach

“…Place attachment is the affective connection between a person and a particular place [33], emphasizing the affective part in the relationship between people and place. Place identity concerns the emotional attachment to physical environments that people regard as part of their self-identity [34]. Place identity plays a more significant role in the subjective construction of place [35].…”

Towards an Engaging, Inclusive and Meaningful Planning Development of an Urban Park in Phitsanulok, Thailand

“…When ones feel that they belong to a community, they tend to have an increase of place attachment (Lewicka, 2005). In contrast, a community satisfaction diminishes by the loss of place (Bernardo & Palma-Oliveira, 2016). According to Montgomery (1998), physical form, activity and meaning are three components of place.…”

Volume 16 : 2018

“…The identity of a place is closely related to the presence of distinct elements, and the character is recognised and remembered by people . Place identity is defined as a component of personal and social identity, a "process by which, through interaction with places, people describe themselves regarding belonging to a specific place" (Bernardo & Palma-Oliveira, 2016). A place plays vital role in developing and maintaining self-identity and group identity of the people as its experiential process forms the identity and distinctive place character (Ujang & Zakariya, 2015).…”

“…Thus, place identity can be grasped from its multiple components (spatial-physical and social) and the multi-place nature of individual and social place experience (individual and social meanings, feelings and experiences) as shown in Figure 1. Bernardo and Palma-Oliveira (2016) Case Study Area: The selected case study area was based on one of the oldest surviving marketplaces in Kuala Lumpur city centre. Pudu, or previously known as Pudoh, is one of the earliest districts which began as a small village that was linked to the mining areas in Kuala Lumpur.…”