From sense of place to visualization of place: examining people-place relationships for insight on developing geovisualizations.

ABSTRACT: Effective resource planning incorporates people-place relationships, allowing these efforts to be inclusive of the different local beliefs, interests, activities and needs. 'Geovisualizations' can serve as potentially powerful tools for facilitating 'place-conscious' resource planning, as they can be developed with high degrees of realism and accuracy, allowing people to recognize and relate to them as 'real places'. However, little research has been done on this potential, and the place-based applications of these visual tools are poorly understood. This study takes steps toward addressing this gap by exploring the relationship between sense of place and 'visualization of place'. Residents of the Capital Regional District of BC, Canada, were surveyed about their relationship with local co

SUBMITTER: Newell R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5857635 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature