Fried, M., 2000, Continuities and discontinuities of place, in: Journal of Environmental Psychology, 20,
- Author : Fried, M.
- Year : 2000
- Journal/Series : Journal of Environmental Psychology
- Volume Number (CONSECUTIVE: Counting all Volumes of this Journal ever published) : 20
- Pages : 193-205
- Contents in English : Early studies and observations of working-class communities reveal the physical environment itself as a very meaningful aspect of urban social life, a finding strongly borne out by the study of the relocation of several thousands people from the West End of Boston (1958-1961). Attachment to place is a characteristic feature of life in many poor, ethnic, immigrant communities. The development of spatial identity is a critical component of attachment experiences in such local areas. The author address some of the different patterns of people—place relationships and a few of the influences that affect the differentiation of those patterns.
- Comments/Notes : KEYWORDS: place attachment, social life, communities, identity, neighbourhood, ethnics, working class, US.