Contribution to Book
Place
The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies
(2019)
Abstract
Place refers to specific locations that have been made meaningful and useful by human beings. This entry articulates how location, locale, and sense of place are used to develop the concept of place and how disciplines such as geography, sociology, and anthropology understand and use the concept (including its distinction from space). Particular attention is paid to how places develop meaning through deliberate and informal means and to how individuals' status and identity inform their understandings of places. Sense of place and place distinction are covered in detail. Scholarly and practical applications of place are discussed, including the connection of place to urban power and conflict, its relevance for processes of gentrification, complications related to increased mobility and technology, and connections to consumption.
Keywords
- humanistic geography,
- place,
- social constructivism,
- sociology
Disciplines
Publication Date
2019
Editor
Anthony M. Orum
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISBN
9781118568453
DOI
10.1002/9781118568446.eurs0472
Citation Information
Krista E. Paulsen. "Place" The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies (2019) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/krista-paulsen/9/