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Forms and sources of place attachment: evidence from two protected areas
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Lin, C-C and Lockwood, M, Forms and sources of place attachment: evidence from two protected areas, Geoforum, 53 pp. 74-81. ISSN 0016-7185 (2014) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2014 Elsevier
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.02.008
Abstract
Sense of place is a widely researched concept that has been used to describe and analyze people–place
relationships. However, there is no consensus regarding the forms of place attachment, the relative
importance of the sources for such attachments, or the spatial extent of place formation. The purpose
of the paper is to contribute case examples of sense of place for significant natural areas, thereby adding
to the body of evidence that explicates the diverse sources and forms of place attachment. Using content
analysis of qualitative stakeholder interviews, we identify these dimensions of place attachment for two
nationally significant Australian natural areas. Our data support a tripartite structure for sense of place
comprising affective, functional and cognitive forms of attachment. We also examine the extent to which
these place attachments are localized on the study sites and/or spatially generalized across sites
possessing the same sources of place formation. Our case studies provide evidence for both localized
and generalized senses of place. Localized place attachments had affective and functional components,
respectively founded on social and biophysical sources. Generalized senses of place comprised functional
and cognitive components, with appreciation of historical values of these places key to the formation of
the latter. Our results indicate the spatial diversity of place attachments for protected areas and their
social, cultural and biophysical sources.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | sense of place, place attachment, emotional attachment, functional attachment, cognitive attachment, protected areas |
| Research Division: | Environmental Sciences |
| Research Group: | Environmental Science and Management |
| Research Field: | Environmental Management |
| Objective Division: | Environment |
| Objective Group: | Environmental and Natural Resource Evaluation |
| Objective Field: | Environmental and Natural Resource Evaluation not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Lin, C-C (Dr Chia-Chin Lin) |
| UTAS Author: | Lockwood, M (Associate Professor Michael Lockwood) |
| ID Code: | 89575 |
| Year Published: | 2014 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 29 |
| Deposited By: | Geography and Environmental Studies |
| Deposited On: | 2014-03-07 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-11-22 |
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