Exploring the Relationship between Environmental Impacts and Place Attachment
Date Issued
2014
Date
2014
Author(s)
Wang, Ting-Hsuan
Abstract
Human-place relationship has received increasing attention in recent years. By explaining how people attribute themselves to a place, the concept is believed to have positive influence on quality of life, increasing social capital, and changing environmental attitude. Studies have also found place bonding would influence people in making recreational or residential decisions, especially when encountering environmental impacts.
Although many researchers have suggested that perceived environmental impacts could be influenced by the level of place bonding, two opposing directions had been observed for such influences. Studies have indicated that users with higher degree of local bonding would be vulnerable and sensitive to the impacts of depreciative behaviors than those who were less attached. On the other hand, other researchers have also pointed out that people with higher place bonding would tend to ignore or rationalize environmental impacts and be inclined to accept them. Therefore, the relationship between bonding to place and perceived environmental impact is worthwhile for further discussion. And further propose that different types of impacts would be the main factor of causing the diversity of reaction.
The purpose of the current study is to understand how place bonding influence users’ perception of different types of environmental impacts. Each four on-site surveys was conducted in a park next to a NIMBY structure. Respondents’ experience-use history, attitudes toward NIMBY structure, attitudes toward depreciated behaviors, and bonding to the park were collected and compared. Results indicated that respondents with higher place bonding do have different attitudes toward different types of environmental impacts. This results would help explained more in-depth explanation of the relationship between people and place, and it could be application in urban planning or environmental design in future to bring people to better life.
Subjects
地方連結
環境衝擊
鄰避設施
Type
thesis
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