strategy
Relating to place
Synonyms:
Appreciating placeCreating bonds to place
Creating meaningful relationships to place
Fostering topophilia
Celebrating endemophilia
Enjoying homewellness
Description:
Nurturing a sense of place and connection to a place.
Context:
The relationship between landscape or place and people has a dual nature. On the one hand there is a group of economic relationships associated with survival and commerce (profit). On the other hand, there is a group of cultural relationships associated with the non-economic activities of a society, expressing both societal values and elements of individual cognition.
Claim:
The values of landscape and lifestyle are fundamental to our cultural identity.
Narrower:
Preserving sense of place Constrained by:
Disregarding placeDestroying sense of place Facilitates:
Forging distinctive community identityInstigating community resources managementDisseminating environmental knowledge using local customsUsing local knowledge in planning agricultural industries Facilitated by:
Decreasing population mobilityPromoting sustainable livelihoods Problems:
Unmeaningful relationships to placeValues:
Unmeaningful Organizations:
European Federation of Youth Service Organizations References:
Norberg-Schulz, Christian: Genius Loci: toward a phenomenology of architectureTuan, Y F: Topophilia: a study of environmental perception, attitudes and valuesRelph, Edward: Place and PlacelessnessGeertz, C: Local KnowledgeHay, Robert: An Appraisal of our Meaningful Relationships in Place Subjects:
Commerce → CurrencySocial Activity → Friendship
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies