ABSTRACT
The book explores the unique contribution that geographers make to the concept of place attachment, and related ideas of place identity and sense of place. It presents six types of places to which people become attached and provides a global range of empirical case studies to illustrate the theoretical foundations. The book reveals that the types of places to which people bond are not discrete. Rather, a holistic approach, one that seeks to understand the interactive and reinforcing qualities between people and places, is most effective in advancing our understanding of place attachment.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|29 pages
Secure places
chapter 2|13 pages
Hazardscapes
part II|33 pages
Socializing places
part III|33 pages
Transformative places
chapter 6|17 pages
Exploring place attachment and the immigrant experience in comics and graphic novels
part IV|34 pages
Restorative places
part V|45 pages
Validating places
chapter 9|16 pages
Baseball stadiums and urban reimaging in St. Louis
chapter 10|14 pages
Avant-garde, wannabe Cowboys
part VI|31 pages
Vanishing places