TY - JOUR
T1 - Reconceptualising sense of place
T2 - Towards a conceptual framework for investigating individual-community-place interrelationships
AU - Erfani, Goran
PY - 2022/8
Y1 - 2022/8
N2 - While sense of place has been increasingly used in planning literature over the last five decades, its conceptualisation varies by discipline and theoretical orientation, with disjointed elements. This study develops a three-theme conceptual framework articulating individual-community-place interrelationships by critically reviewing the literature on sense of place and place-based constructs of attachment, identity, and satisfaction. Theorising the interactions in-between contributes to theoretical debates on sense of place and developing conceptual clarity to understand the planning context, processes, and outcomes, informing decision- and policy-making. It also facilitates the analysis and synthesis of complex narratives in qualitative studies of people-place relations.
AB - While sense of place has been increasingly used in planning literature over the last five decades, its conceptualisation varies by discipline and theoretical orientation, with disjointed elements. This study develops a three-theme conceptual framework articulating individual-community-place interrelationships by critically reviewing the literature on sense of place and place-based constructs of attachment, identity, and satisfaction. Theorising the interactions in-between contributes to theoretical debates on sense of place and developing conceptual clarity to understand the planning context, processes, and outcomes, informing decision- and policy-making. It also facilitates the analysis and synthesis of complex narratives in qualitative studies of people-place relations.
KW - conceptual framework
KW - literature review
KW - people-place relationships
KW - place attachment
KW - place identity
KW - place satisfaction
KW - sense of place
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85126027492&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/08854122221081109
DO - 10.1177/08854122221081109
M3 - Article
VL - 37
SP - 452
EP - 466
JO - Journal of Planning Literature
JF - Journal of Planning Literature
SN - 0885-4122
IS - 3
M1 - 08854122221081109
ER -