Place Attachment as Indicator for Place Significance and Value

Authors

  • Norsidah Ujang Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor Malaysia
  • Khalilah Zakariya Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 50728, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v3i10.84

Keywords:

Place attachment, meaning, value, users

Abstract

Place attachment is a form of connection between a person and the environmental setting. In the production of urban places, planners and designers mainly focus on the quality of the physical components. However, the aspects of meanings and attachment are not adequately considered in the planning and decision-making process. This study utilizes semi-structured interview method to examine place attachment dimensions in understanding the values of a place in the life of the users. Sample cases include examining attachment to streets in the city centre of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was evident that users’ roles and ethnic backgrounds influenced their responses. Attachment to the places was economically, socially and culturally oriented and prevalent in their daily experience of the places, and the place memories recalled. 

Keywords: Place attachment; meaning; value; users

eISSN 2398-4295 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

 

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2018-03-13

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Ujang, N., & Zakariya, K. (2018). Place Attachment as Indicator for Place Significance and Value. Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies, 3(10), 95–103. https://doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v3i10.84

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