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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"place meanings"”.
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Stakeholder representation in park planning: localized place meanings at Grand Canyon
… Canyon National Park through an examination of place meanings from a lived experience perspective. Using a combination of photo-elicitation methods and semi-structured interviewing this research offers a novel form of representation among localized stakeholders to the backcountry at Grand Canyon …
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Cycles of landscape change and place-meanings in Midwestern farming communities
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01
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A Symbolic Interaction Approach to the Place Meanings in A Historic District: A Case Study of Annapolis, Maryland
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Fire in My Backyard: Place Meanings and Landowner Views on Fire and Fuels Management on the Kootenai National Forest, MT
… qualitative research into relationship to place and preferences for proposed management actions using in-depth interviews with landowners residing in the wildland-urban interface. This study investigated the ways in which place meanings can inform decisions about hazardous fuels reduction …
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Fire in My Backyard: Place Meanings and Landowner Views on Fire and Fuels Management on the Kootenai National Forest, MT
… qualitative research into relationship to place and preferences for proposed management actions using in-depth interviews with landowners residing in the wildland-urban interface. This study investigated the ways in which place meanings can inform decisions about hazardous fuels reduction …
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Stewarding emotional places: Effects of place and emotion on pro-environmental behaviors in working landscapes
… two interrelated social phenomena (concepts of place and emotions) as they relate to human behaviors that benefit the environment and sustainability of agroecosystems in the context of working landscapes in the Midwestern United States. In the first study, I conducted a systematic review to …
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Exploring Symbolic Aspects Of Human-Environment Interaction In A Socially Constructed Coastscape: Sense Of Place In Coastal Maine
… investigate how people understand and relate to places in order to better understand the symbolic, meanings-based aspects of human-environment interaction. Through semi-structured photo-elicitation interviews, the research analyzes how stakeholders perceive and narrate the meanings and …
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Multi-Scalar Perspective in Civic Architecture: Arlington Civic Center
… psychology studies human relationship to places and settings, which are then categorized as the public's identities, attachments, and dependencies. Of interest to city planning, these findings can also be utilized in a design methodology. By giving particular attention to civic programs, …
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Social-ecological systems resilience in changing rural landscapes of the Midwestern United States
… application of resilience thinking to sense of place as a conceptual basis for envisioning ideal environmental management approaches and as a tool for guiding regional conservation planning. Application of place resilience to three Midwestern sites across Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin has …
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Using Place Attachment to Determine the Acceptability of Restoring Fire to Its Natural Role in Wilderness Ecosystems
… what role does an individual’s attachment to place play in determining the acceptability of management actions directed towards fire? I feel that problems will arise if management agencies attempt to restore natural fire regimes to wilderness areas without accounting for the effects on …
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Using Place Attachment to Determine the Acceptability of Restoring Fire to Its Natural Role in Wilderness Ecosystems
… what role does an individual’s attachment to place play in determining the acceptability of management actions directed towards fire? I feel that problems will arise if management agencies attempt to restore natural fire regimes to wilderness areas without accounting for the effects on …
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Dynamic human relationships with wilderness: Developing a relationship model
… visitor motivations, psychological outcomes, and meanings, a struggle exists to implement experiential concepts within current management frameworks. A need also exists to manage wilderness for concepts outside of setting attributes. This research posits the human experience of wilderness to be an …
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Dynamic human relationships with wilderness: Developing a relationship model
… visitor motivations, psychological outcomes, and meanings, a struggle exists to implement experiential concepts within current management frameworks. A need also exists to manage wilderness for concepts outside of setting attributes. This research posits the human experience of wilderness to be an …
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To bry or not to bry: the social meanings of Afrikaans rhotic variation in the South Cape
This dissertation investigates the social meanings of Afrikaans rhotic variation in a town in the South Cape region of the Western Cape Province in South Africa. The study combines approaches to 'place as location' (traditional dialectology and sociolinguistics) and 'place as meaning' (ethnography …
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Emotional Geographies of Home: Place Identities Among Senior Women Residing in a Long-Term Care Facility
This research aimed to document the meanings and identities attached to the concept of ‘home’ among older women residing in long-term care. The study is based upon semi-structured, open-ended interviews with eleven senior women who reside in a long-term care home in The City of London, Ontario. …
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Understand Willingness to Pay for Pollination and User Sense of Place Connections on the Eastern Shore
The global decline of pollinators, insects and animals that assist in pollination and fertilizing plants, poses a great risk to global food supply. This study investigates if people have preferences for a program to abate decline in a region along the East Coast of the United States. A survey is …