An exploration of place as a process: The case of Jackson Hole, WY

Smaldone, David; Harris, Charles C.; Sanyal, Nick

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2005.12.003

Cited by 109 publications

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“…Data showed that participants needed to have control over the place, both in terms of ownership and action, and that the many and frequent changes made to gardens were often an attempt to preserve a place-congruent continuity. The use of the garden to maintain a continuity with an identity which changes over time and experiences supports the idea of 'place' as a process, where the meanings attributed to the place change as the person changes and the preservation of continuity is an ongoing process (Smaldone et al [20]). Continuity of the selfconcept often relies on the specific objects to which people attach symbolic meanings because these objects represent a link with the past.…”

Section: Environmental Concernmentioning

confidence: 78%

The ‘nature’ of urban sustainability: private or public greenspaces?

Bernardini¹,

Irvine²

2007

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, Vol 102

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Addressing urban sustainability requires an understanding of the psychological experience of place. This study explores the relationship between people and two types of nature. Semi-structured interviews with 40 householders in a UK city suggest remarkable differences in how gardens and public greenspaces contribute to residents' sense of self. Control and private space emerged as distinguishing factors. Having a connection with nature positively affects perceptions of ecological value; this value corresponded with environmental concern. Findings support the proposition that greenspaces are meaningful for people-environment relationships with implications for promoting quality social and ecological urban settings.

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Section: Environmental Concernmentioning

confidence: 78%

The ‘nature’ of urban sustainability: private or public greenspaces?

Bernardini¹,

Irvine²

2007

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, Vol 102

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“…mutually comfortable and enjoyable experience, and developing positive inter-subjective place meanings. As noted by Smaldone et al (2005), public spaces become meaningful as 'containers' of important social relationships and shared experiences specific to different life events and stages. The opportunity for social contact has been proposed as a potential mechanism for nature-health relationships (Hartig et al, 2014), but the complexity illustrated here may help to explain the mixed findings of the population-level evidence for this social mechanism to-date.…”

Section: Figure 4 Accumulating Meaning Through the Family Generationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Seeking everyday wellbeing: The coast as a therapeutic landscape

Bell

Phoenix

Lovell

et al. 2015

Social Science & Medicine

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168

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Recent research suggests coastal environments may promote human health and wellbeing. This article explores the diverse coastal experiences sought out by residents of two towns in south west England to promote and preserve their personal wellbeing in the context of their everyday lives. It draws on the findings of an in-depth interpretive study conducted from May to November 2013 that examined the relative contribution of varied green and blue space experiences to individual wellbeing through the life course. Personalised activity maps produced using accelerometer and Global Positioning System (GPS) data were used to guide in-depth geo-narrative interviews with a purposive sample of 33 participants. This was combined with a subset of nine case study go-along interviews in places deemed therapeutic by the participants themselves, offering deeper insight into the lived experiences and relationships playing out within such places. Situated in a novel adaptation of the therapeutic landscapes framework, this article explores how symbolic, achievement-oriented, immersive and social experiences contributed to participants' sense of wellbeing in their local coastal areas.Participants expressed particularly strong and often enduring connections to the local coastline, with different coastal stretches perceived to cater for varied therapeutic needs and interests, at multiple scales and intensities. The findings suggest the need for greater acknowledgement of people's emotional, deeply embodied and often shared connections to the coast within coastal management policy and practice, both nationally and internationally. Importantly, such efforts should recognise the fluid, dynamic nature of this land-sea boundary, and the valued therapeutic experiences linked to this fluidity.

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“…Place identity refers to the aspects of identity defined in relation to the physical 3 environment, and the conceptual understanding which enables the individual to interact in a particular setting (Proshansky 1978;Bonaiuto et al 1996;Hopkins and Dixon 2006;Manzo and Perkins 2006). The concept of place identity has been further developed by identifying other characteristics of the bond between identity and place such as 'sense of place', 'place attachment' or 'place dependence', triggering explorations of the differences and connections between these terms (Low and Altman 1993;Hummon 1993;Manzo 2003;Stedman 2003;Smaldone et al 2005). …”

Section: Identity Development In Environmentally Degraded Placesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Doreen Massey describes places as the sites where social relations and 'activity spaces' intersect (Massey 1995). These places or 'meeting points' of interactions are necessarily multiple, dynamic, fragmented and changing (see Massey 1994;May 1996;Casey 1998;Hall 2000;Manzo 2003;Davenport and Anderson 2005;Smaldone et al 2005). The sense of place has been shown to predispose action (Stedman 2002).…”

Section: Identity Development In Environmentally Degraded Placesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stigma and Attachment: Performance of Identity in an Environmentally Degraded Place

Broto

Burningham

Carter

et al. 2010

Society & Natural Resources

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Research examining the relationship between place and identity shows that the experience of places influences a person's process of identification, through which an emotional bond with the place may be developed. However, the implications of this literature for land restoration remain unexplored. This is partially due to a gap in empirical research that explores the performance of identities in environmentally degraded settings. This paper examines the relationship between identity and place among residents living around five coal ash disposal sites in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The paper develops a qualitative model to understand the emergence of divergent responses towards the pollution and illustrates that in an environmentally degraded setting the bonds between the individuals and the place are not necessarily dislocated; in some cases, these bonds may be even reinforced by the performance of adaptative identities in response to environmental change.

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An exploration of place as a process: The case of Jackson Hole, WY

Cited by 109 publications

References 28 publications

The ‘nature’ of urban sustainability: private or public greenspaces?

The ‘nature’ of urban sustainability: private or public greenspaces?

Seeking everyday wellbeing: The coast as a therapeutic landscape

Stigma and Attachment: Performance of Identity in an Environmentally Degraded Place

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