Jopophili Impact Of Place Attachment On People

 Place attachment can be defined as attachment between human and place and the impact that places have on people.
 Sense of place is a concept in which men feels places, percept them and attach meaning to them.
 In tuan literature what is significant is the concept of Jopophilia, this concept implies a strong link between person and environment in terms of mental emotional and cognitive (tuou,1977).
 Attachment of places is one of the most important concept in relationship between place and people and only happen when people have positive sense about the place.
 According to Relph and canter ideas, places are composed of three characters as formal characters, activities inside it and their meaning(Relph 1976;conter 1977)
 HOW DOES PLACE
• Christopher Spencer has explored the relation between place attachment place identity which ultimately leads to development of individual or child self identity.
• Christopher Spencer concludes that place attachment is integral to place identity providing a sense of stability and security
 Children “place attachment”(children-the target group)
 Very young children usually develop attachment to their homes and other places where they feel safe and secure.
 Clare copper Marcus collected hundred of samples of places which adult relate to their childhood memories, many people have memory of houses and neighbourhood where they group ‘secret places of childhood and adolescence’ such as hidden dens ,lairs and designated play spaces such as forts and true houses these experiences of den making, other form of unsupervised spaces for child activities initiated all these places play a

 Place attachment –
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