Handbook on sense of place / edited by Bradley S. Jorgensen (applied social psychologist, La Trobe University, Australia).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jorgensen, Bradley S., editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental psychology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Environmental psychology.

Geographical perception--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Geographical perception.

Human geography--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Human geography.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (418 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

This illuminating Handbook brings together the many different ways that scholars conceptualise a 'sense of place': the feeling that a location is yours, familiar, or meaningful. Contributors analyse a sense of place as a multi-level, relational process that displays cultural and temporal variation. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, the Handbook assesses the overlapping constructs and ongoing debate surrounding the definition of 'sense of place'. It explores connections to natural environments, virtual places, change over time and also broader questions such as how place can be understood across cultures and how attitudes toward places evolve. Chapters engage with non-Western, First Nations worldviews which treat 'Country' as a living, relational entity, contrasting sharply with typical Western, object-oriented models. They provide weight to the view that 'place' must be studied from many angles, and that respecting diverse, especially Indigenous, perspectives is essential for a fuller, more inclusive understanding of how people relate to the world around them. This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of this fast-developing field, while also developing theory and encouraging future research in subjects such as regeneration, social relations and digital advancements. The Handbook on Sense of Place is a valuable resource for students and scholars of human geography, environmental psychology, cultural studies and sociology. Its insights into how people relate to the world around them will also benefit practitioners in urban and regional planning and environmental policymakers.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction to Handbook on Sense of Place / Bradley S. Jorgensen

Part I: Content-Based Chapters

Section I.I: First Places

2. Being in Dja: Australia's First Peoples and Country (not sense of place) / David S. Jones

3. Contesting heritage values in urban cultural landscapes: decolonizing spaces of trauma / Julie Jones, Michelle Locke, Lesley Woodhouse, Belinda Gibb, Raelene Locke Billedo, Richard Howitt and Charlotte Feakins

Section I.II: Living Together in Place

4. Sense of place and social relations / Nicholas Wise and Florentina Popescu

5. Why social environments still matter: mediating the link between physical environments and place attachment / Jiang Chang, Igor Vojnovic, Xinyi (Sydney) Wu and Dixiang Xie

6. The social element of place attachment / Renee Zahnow

Section I.III: Natural Places

7. Feeling like home on our planet? Enhancing nature-connectedness and sense of place to promote planetary well-being / Kirsi Salonen, Jane-Veera Paakkolanvaara, Katriina Hyvönen and Kalevi Korpela

8. Sense of place, ecosystem services and nature connection in Iceland / Joonsoo Sean Lyeo, Allison M. Williams and Rannveig Ólafsdóttir

9. Building community, taking action: how sense of place can support collective environmental action / Nicole M. Ardoin, Alison W. Bowers and Sarah J. Fendrich

Section I.IV: Digital Places

10. A sense of place in virtual reality: focus, embodiment, and hermeneutics as a model of placehood in virtual worlds / Leighton Evans

11. Finding the fun: affordances for a sense of place at a game jam / Kristopher Purzycki

12. Digital mediation and reproduction of place experience: a geographical perspective of the digital placemaking process / Maciej Główczynski

Section I.V: Places in Space

13. Place identity as a dynamic process: the impact of environmental and social changes / Ft̀ima Bernardo, Isabel Loupa-Ramos and Veerle Van Eetvelde

14. Meaningful scales of place for public engagement in bioregional resiliency efforts / Janet Silbernagel

15. Exploring the meaning of places: a mixed-methods analysis of salience and spatial scale in Brazil and New Zealand / Amanda Wallis, Giovanna Bortolini, Maria Clara Laport, Wokje Abrahamse and Ronald Fischer

Section I.VI: Time and Place

16. Land connectedness and senses of time in place: thinking beyond ourselves for regenerative futures in UK communities / Victoria McMillan

17. The development of sense of place: formation, crystallization, and change over time / Bradley S. Jorgensen

18. Unveiling the tapestry: exploring the interplay of place, heritage, and sense of belonging / Fatmaelzahraa Hussein

Part II: Conceptual Approaches

19. The agency of place: antecedents, current approaches, and future directions / Soren C. Larsen and Jay T. Johnson

20. Sensing the sacred in place: embodied mechanisms of spiritual ties to place / Victor Counted

21. Sense of place, connections to nature, and nature-based solutions: three pillars of resilience in a climate-challenged world / Gerard Kyle, Daniel Pilgreen and Lotte van den Heuvel

22. Places as attitude objects: social psychological insights for the study of sense of place / Bradley S. Jorgensen

23. Coming into being with place / Jennifer Cross and Verena Knerich.

Notes:

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035337217 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.