Attachment to place: Discriminant validity, and impacts of disorder and diversity

Taylor, Ralph B.; Gottfredson, Stephen D.; Brower, Sidney

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“…The results obtained from comparing average familiarity duration with senses of place indicate that physical environment was reported by people with a shorter term familiarity, and outdoor recreational activity, social relationships, home, and ceremony were reported by people with a longer term familiarity. These results confirm the previous findings (Cantrill & Senecah, 2000;Gerson et al, 1997;Hummon, 1992;Lalli, 1992;Taylor et al, 1985). In this study, the physical environment was described with short-term familiarity with other places, while social relationships, home, and ceremony/elapsed times were described with longer-term familiarity.…”

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“…The observed statistical correlation shows that by increasing number of visitors, special place report is increased. These findings were consistence results obtained from the previous studies indicating the correlation between longer-term familiarity and more intense place attachment scale (Kaltenborn, 1998;Moore and Graefe, 1994;Taylor et al, 1985;Vokinn & Riese, 2001). Although this study did not measured intensity of place attachment, but the result that people with more frequent visits (Frequency) and longer-term familiarity with Javaherdeh (stability) have reported special places, confirms that longer-term familiarity with a place leads to more intense place attachment (Moore and Graefe, 1994;Relf, 1976;Tuan, 1977).…”

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“…These findings confirm only part of the previous studies. Theoretical evidence (Cantrill & Senecah, 2000;Kitayama & Markus, 1994) and experimental evidence (Gerson et al, 1997;Hummon, 1992;Lalli, 1992;Taylor et al, 1985) showed that longer-term familiarity with a place converts physical attachment to the place into social attachment. The results obtained from comparing average familiarity duration with senses of place indicate that physical environment was reported by people with a shorter term familiarity, and outdoor recreational activity, social relationships, home, and ceremony were reported by people with a longer term familiarity.…”

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“…Relph (1976) and Tuan (1977) believe that place attachment requires long-term connection and involvement with the place. Sociologist also state that long-term residence increases sense of attachment, so that a part of it is achieved through familiarity, the number of important events over time and most importantly through social relationships (Brown and Perkins, 1992, Gerson et al, 1977, our 1992Lalli 1992, Taylor et al 1985. Furthermore, this connection with place constantly increases over time with ongoing events stabilizing human-environment bond (Brown and Perkins, 1992).…”

Section: An Overview Of Concepts Of Place Attachmentmentioning

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The Role of Time in Developing Place Meanings Case Study: Javaherdeh Recreation Area, Ramsar, Iran

Nejati¹,

Mahdavi²

2016

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Person-place models show that there are complex and multidimensional bonds between individuals and places. Since some of researchers believe that familiarity duration with a place is an effective factor for place bonding, there is almost no data to prove this hypothesis, and even it is not clear that how and why does time affect these bonds? In the present study, comments of Javaherdeh recreation area visitors were used in order to prove and describe the role of time in devoting sense of place. Questionnaire was the main tool used in this study. Content validity and Cronbach's alpha methods were used to determine validity and reliability of the questionnaire, respectively. The results showed that there are significant differences between people who had a special place and those who did not have a special place, based on visit characteristics including repeated visits, maintaining the bond, and duration of stay. Moreover, a significant difference was observed between familiarity of visitors and sense of place. In this study, the physical environment was considered important in the case of short-term familiarity with other places, while social relationships, homes, and ceremonies were considered important in the case of a longer-term familiarity. The results showed that a longer-term familiarity with a place converts the basis of physical attachment into social attachment. Furthermore, longer-term familiarity with a place will lead to a higher place attachment. Keywords: Place Attachment, Place Meanings, Time INTRODUCTIONThe studies on places and their senses includes a variety of fields such as philosophy, literature, anthropology, geography, sociology, natural resources and architecture (Casey 1997; Caltbron 1998; Lowe and Altman 1992;Manzo 2005;Relph 1976; Tiger and Azal 1996; William and Stewart, 1998). Although most people agree with that place and time are an important part of human life, but the effect of time on our relationship with place has been ignored. The present study investigated the effect of time on relationship of individuals with place. To this aim, perspectives of researchers such as Relph (1976), Tuan (1977), William Peterson, (1994 were used in the present study, who believe that human is the creator of places. Human lives in the geographical space, once he gives it a personal meaning, he calls it "Place" (Casey 1997). Relph (1976), a human geographer, states that places are centers of actions and intentions which have special places in space and time. People focus on place and distinguish it from the surrounding environment, while it is a part of that environment. For years, concepts of the relationship between human and environment were studied, and the terms of place attachment (Lowe and Altman 1992;Williams et al. 1992), sense of place (Kantril 1998; Hay 1998; Shamay 1991;Stedman 2002; Estelle 1981;Williams and Stewart, 1998), place identity (Proshanski, Fabian and Kaminof 1983), and place dependence (Stokelz, 1981; Schumacher, 1983) have been widely used. Sense of place is a...

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Section: An Overview Of Concepts Of Place Attachmentmentioning

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Nejati¹,

Mahdavi²

2016

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“…Yet as individuals live in different communities, it is important to consider the contextual influences of the community that might also influence residents' reports of place attachment. Two of the strongest contextual features associated with place attachment are ethno-racial heterogenity (Arthurson, Baum and Rickson, 2010;Bailey, Kearns and Livingston, 2012;Taylor, Gottfredson and Brower, 1985) and economic disadvantage (Bailey, Kearns and Livingston, 2012;Parkes, Atkinson and Kearns, 2002;Sampson, 1988;Twigg and Mohan, 2007). Putnam (2007) argues that residents of ethno-racially heterogeneous communities are more likely to 'hunker' within their homes rather than form social ties, which may explain why people in these types of communities report lower place attachment.…”

Section: The Relevance Of Geographical Communities and Place Attachmentmentioning

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Greenspace and Place Attachment: Do Greener Suburbs Lead to Greater Residential Place Attachment?

Kimpton

Wickes

Corcoran

2014

Urban Policy and Research

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While contemporary urban theories suggest that individuals have transcended their geographical community, evidence suggests that urban residents still feel 'attached' to place. In the literature, several socio-demographic characteristics are associated with place attachment. Scholars suggest physical features, such as community 'greenspace' may also influence place attachment. Yet research does not consider the relationship between one's objective proximity to greenspace or the objective availability of community greenspace on residents' place attachment. This study employs multi-level models and draws on police incident data, census data, two spatial datasets and survey data from over 4000 residents living across 148 state suburbs in Australia to assess the relationship between greenspace proximity and greenspace availability on place attachment. Our findings indicate that greater proportions and more accessible greenspace may not improve residents' attachment to their local community.

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Perceived social diversity and neighbourhood attachment: The role of intergroup ties and affective appraisals of the environment. Evidence from Poland

Toruńczyk-Ruiz

Lewicka

2016

Euro J Social Psych

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This paper investigates the relationship between perceived ethnic, age and income diversity and neighbourhood attachment, accounting for measures of objective diversity calculated for small, individualised neighbourhoods. With data from Warsaw in Poland, we examine whether neighbourhood ties with people of different ethnicity, age and income moderate the relationship between perceived diversity and attachment. We also test affective appraisals of the environment (excitement and irritation) as a mediator between perceived diversity and attachment. Perceived ethnic diversity was positively related to neighbourhood attachment, and this link was mediated by the emotion of excitement. Perceived income diversity undermined attachment regardless of the neighbourhood ties, and this link was not mediated by affective appraisals. Perceived age diversity was related to lower neighbourhood attachment only for individuals who had few ties with neighbours of different ages. We argue that the effects of diversity may depend on the socio‐cultural context, specifically on the level and meaning of diversity in a given society.

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Attachment to place: Discriminant validity, and impacts of disorder and diversity

Cited by 123 publications

References 13 publications

The Role of Time in Developing Place Meanings Case Study: Javaherdeh Recreation Area, Ramsar, Iran

The Role of Time in Developing Place Meanings Case Study: Javaherdeh Recreation Area, Ramsar, Iran

Greenspace and Place Attachment: Do Greener Suburbs Lead to Greater Residential Place Attachment?

Perceived social diversity and neighbourhood attachment: The role of intergroup ties and affective appraisals of the environment. Evidence from Poland

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