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Place identity or place-based identity refers to a cluster of ideas about place and identity in the fields of geography, urban planning, urban design, landscape architecture, interior design, spatial design, environmental psychology, ecocriticism and urban sociology/ecological sociology.
Psychogeography is the exploration of urban environments that emphasizes interpersonal connections to places and arbitrary routes. It was developed by members of the Letterist International and Situationist International , which were revolutionary groups influenced by Marxist and anarchist theory as well as the attitudes and methods of Dadaists ...
An example of an urban wayfinding scheme is the Legible London Wayfinding system. A study published in Nature showed that growing up in a grid-planned city hampers future spatial navigation skills. [9] In 2011, Nashville, Tennessee introduced a wayfinding sign and traffic guidance program to help tourists navigate the city center. [10]
Despite the absence of a well-established developmental theory and understanding of the neurological changes that accompany place attachment, most researchers agree that some form of place attachment occurs for each person at some point in his or her lifetime, [1] with childhood homes being the most prevalent object of attachment.
According to a UNESCO article co-written by Ray Oldenburg himself, "As places of free speech allowing a certain level of equality, coffeehouses can be seen as the precursors of democracy". [8] Coffee was a stimulant, in contrast to the depressor that was the rampant alcohol consumption before this point in English history.
Architectural determinism (also sometimes referred to as environmental determinism though that term has a broader meaning) is a theory employed in urbanism, sociology and environmental psychology which claims the built environment is the chief or even sole determinant of social behaviour. A. S.
Georg Simmel studied the effect of the urban environment on the individuals living in cities, arguing in The Metropolis and Mental Life that the increase in human interaction affected relationships. [8] The activity and anonymity of the city led to a 'blasé attitude' with reservations and aloofness by urban denizens. [11]
Competition for land and urban resources led to spatial differentiation of urban space into zones. [7] Based on these assumptions, Park and Burgess created one of the earliest city models – Concentric ring theory first introduced in The City. Chicago and New York were typical examples of this modernist model.