Community planning – from politicised places to lived spaces

Autor: John Pløger, Birgitte Mazanti
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Journal of Housing and the Built Environment. 18:309-327
ISSN: 1566-4910
DOI: 10.1023/b:joho.0000005756.40934.84
Popis: Concepts such as place identity and placeof belonging play a central role in currenturban planning and urban regenerationprogrammes. The creation of a positive placeidentity and a stable and positive sense ofbelonging is seen by urban planners as animportant means to combat social and physicalproblems in deprived urban areas. The reason isthat urban planners often make a connectionbetween social and economic statistical factsand the way the residents experience theirplace of residence. The question arises whetherthe connection between facts and experiencescan effectively capture how place identity canbe understood and how it is shaped. It is alsoa question of who determines whether a placeidentity is positive or negative – theplanners or the residents?This article treats these questions first byoutlining a theoretical discussion of theconcept of place identity, and secondly bypresenting findings from a qualitative study toshow how residents create meaningful placeidentities, how they conceive of their place ofresidence, and how they use their place ineveryday life.
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