Preserving and Constructing Place Attachment in Europe

This book offers a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to place attachment from a European perspective. Starting from a dynamic, relational, and participatory concept of place attachment, the book discusses place making and place attachment processes through place-based development and community place-driven actions. It also presents examples of creating place attachment through nature- and culture-based contexts and focuses on how sustainable planning and territorial identities enhance place attachment. Finally, this book presents and discusses (re)constructing place attachment within transition processes and through strategic solutions for urban recovery and regeneration of (post)-industrial areas. By considering the social, environmental, economic, and political effects of building, strengthening and maintaining place attachment, this book is a valuable read for all those working with and interested in learning more about place attachment: geographers, landscapeplanners, sociologists, psychologists, environmental and political scientists, and members of community movements.

Provides a case study-based perspective on place attachment Discusses different European territorial contexts The methodology follows a qualitative approach

Auteur
Oana-Ramona Ilovan is Associate Professor of Geography at Babe -Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Territorial Identity and Development (since 2016) and Director of Territorial Identities and Development Research Centre (ITDRC) (since 2020). Her main research interests are Regional Geography, territorial identities, place attachment, qualitative methodology, cultural landscapes, participatory processes, and urban development.

Iwona Markuszewska is University Professor of Earth and Exact Sciences at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland. She is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Territorial Identities and Development Research Centre (ITDRC) (since 2020). Her main research interests are emotional landscape, place attachment, socio-environmental conflicts, multifunctional rural development, land fragmentation and consolidation, and sustainability in fashion.

Contenu

Chapter 1. Introduction: Place Attachment Theory and Practice.- Part I: Place Making and Place Attachment Through Place-Based Development and Community Place-Driven Actions.- Chapter 2. Between Knowledge and Feelings. How Place Attachment Can Strengthen the Sensitive Planning of Landscapes.- Chapter 3. The Role of Place Attachment and the Moderating Factors in Shaping the Future Second-Home Usage Pattern: Evidence from the Polish Mountains.- Chapter 4. Place Attached Entrepreneurs as Place-Based Leaders.- Chapter 5. Gentrification as Discourse and Practice When Building Territorial Identities and Place Attachment.- Chapter 6. Constructing Place Attachment and Planning the Future of the Neighbourhood. Case Study: Mntur.- Part II: Nature- and Culture-Based Place Attachment.- Chapter 7. Place Attachment Through Negotiation. How Citizens and Materiality Co-Create Urban Spaces in Darmstadt, Germany.- Chapter 8. Places of Wander: The Value of Community Attachment for Coastal Tourism.- Chapter 9. Methodology for Identifying Urban Types: A Tool for Assessing Urban Place Attachment.- Chapter 10. Gender and Age Differences for Perceptual Qualities of a Forest Landscape in Relation to Dramatic Landscape Change Processes: Implications for Connections to Place.- Part III: Sustainable Planning and Territorial Identities Enhancing Place Attachment.- Chapter 11. Urban and Rural Dynamics between Economy and Place Attachment. The Case Study of the Region of Sardinia (Italy).- 12. The Role of Sense of Place in the Recovery of Local Food Systems in Bioregional Contexts. Challenges and Opportunities.- Chapter 13. Syrmia - Rethinking the Regional Identity of a (Trans)Border Region: Perception, Self-Identification, and Place Attachment.- Chapter 14. From Place Attachment to Toponymic Attachment: Can Geographical Names Foster Social Cohesion and Regional Development? The Case of South Carinthia (Austria).- PART IV: (Re)Constructing Place Attachment: Regeneration of (Post)IndustrialAreas and Urban Recovery.- Chapter 15. Reclaiming the Face of the City. Can Third-places Change Place Attachment? Craiova as Case Study.- Chapter 16. Rediscovering the Space Beyond Our Doorstep. Place Attachment and Participatory Regeneration within Urban Courtyards in Poland.- Chapter 17. Reshaping Territorial Identities and Creating Place Attachment through Transport Infrastructure. Case Studies: The Metros in Almada, Lisbon and Porto.- Chapter 18. Sustainable Brownfield Regeneration in Baia Mare, Romania. Constructing Place Attachment through Co-Creation and Co-Development.- Chapter 19. Restoring Place Attachment in a Ruined Post-industrial Landscape: Change, Sense of Community and Aesthetics in Barreiro, Portugal.- Chapter 20. Conclusions: Reshaping Place Attachment Research.