relation: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/2684/
title: Mapping place attachment in the built environment of Assen: potential lessons for spatial planning
creator: Mulder, T.T.
description: Places seem to be facing loss of identity. Consequently, places try to distinguish themselves to retain their identity. Comparably, the Netherlands faces demographic shrinkage; the province of Drenthe is anticipating the impact. However, Assen, Drenthe’s prominent cities, provides insight on how city identities are developed uniquely. Places depend on meanings which people assign to landscapes: positive emotional bonds strengthened with collective meanings. How can collective meanings of the built environment in the centre of Assen help spatial planners to understand neighbourhood place attachment? To answer the question, a map-based scale of approach was used in the centre of Assen. The survey revealed: collective meanings provide social bonds that enhance place attachment. Recreational and cultural areas sustain that bond. Spatial planners should develop neighbourhoods with central hubs where people can interact. The effects of multi-functionality on place attachment deserve more attention. Furthermore, natural places within the built environment should be preserved.
date: 2018
type: Thesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: text
language: en
identifier: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/2684/1/s2867125_tsveti_mulder_bachelo_1.pdf
identifier:   Mulder, T.T.  (2018) Mapping place attachment in the built environment of Assen: potential lessons for spatial planning.  Bachelor thesis.