Search Results - subject:"Sense of place"

Two concepts of community in the Niger Delta : Social sense of communality, and a geographical sense of place. Are they compatible?

Okeke-Ogbuafor, Nwamaka; Gray, Tim; Stead, Selina - In: Journal of Place Management and Development 10 (2017) 3, pp. 254-269

geographical sense of place. Practical implications The wider implication of this finding is that proponents of community … development (CD) have a choice between either the cynical option of noting that Ogoni’s strong sense of place means that they will … tolerate limited CD, or the noble option of noting that Ogoni’s strong sense of place is a solid foundation on which to build …

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The role of the sense of community in the sustainability of social nework sites

Mamonov, Stanislav; Koufaris, Marios; Benbunan-Fich, Raquel - In: International journal of electronic commerce : IJEC 20 (2015/2016) 4, pp. 470-498

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SUBJECTIVE MAPPING METHODOLOGIES FOR INCORPORATING SPATIAL VARIATION IN RESEARCH ON SOCIAL CAPITAL AND SENSE OF PLACE

JORGENSEN, BRADLEY S. - In: Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie 101 (2010) 5, pp. 554-567

In a number of areas of research concerning community sustainability, there is an emerging appreciation of the spatial component of social processes. One foremost spatial issue in community research involves variations in the level of scale of a number of social concepts including social...

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Indifferent or Devoted: An Exploration of Student Identity Through the Design Studio

Galil, Rania Abdel; Kandil, Yasmin - In: Open House International 40 (2015) 2, pp. 96-101

In the wake of the Egyptian revolution, the role of the youth and their sense of belonging, the level of their understanding and responsibility have all been reevaluated in the society at large. It was a general belief that the youth were disconnected from the surrounding political events, their...

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Social impacts as a function of place change

McKercher, Bob; Wang, Dan; Park, Eerang - In: Annals of Tourism Research 50 (2015) C, pp. 52-66

This paper argues that both impacts felt by and attitudes to tourism are a function of place change. Destinations are comprised of three types of place: tourism, non-tourism and shared. It is believed attitudes are generally positive when stasis exists among the three types, but deteriorate...

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Social construction of the environment and smallholder farmers' participation in "low-carbon", agro-industrial crop production contracts in the Philippines

Montefrio, Marvin Joseph F.; Sonnenfeld, David A.; … - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 116 (2015), pp. 70-77

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Creating consumer attachment to retail service firms through sense of place

Brocato, E. Deanne; Baker, Julie; Voorhees, Clay M. - In: Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science 43 (2015) 2, pp. 200-220

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Successes and snags of a sustainability course in higher education

Arenas, Alberto; Barca, Deborah J.; Rosemartin, Dennis … - In: International journal of innovation and sustainable … 9 (2015) 3/4, pp. 365-383

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Capitalist spirits and connection to place

Chamlee-Wright, Emily - In: The Review of Austrian Economics 27 (2014) 4, pp. 473-481

In this paper I examine the connections between an animating capitalist spirit as articulated by Virgil Storr in Understanding the Culture of Markets and the physical places in which those animating spirits are generated, reinforced, and sometimes intentionally cultivated. Copyright Springer...

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New farmers’ efforts to create a sense of place in rural communities: insights from southern Ontario, Canada

Ngo, Minh; Brklacich, Michael - In: Agriculture and Human Values 31 (2014) 1, pp. 53-67

’ sense of place constructions are revealed through an ethnographic study conducted in southern Ontario, Canada, during the … summer of 2009. Using a sense of place framework comprised of place identity, place attachment, and sense of community, this … and social landscape of the urban and rural environments in the creation of a sense of place. This finding raises …

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