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People and Place: The Interrelated Connections Between Interactions, Perceptions and Space

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The main purpose of this chapter is to provide a theoretical overview of the interaction between people and place. Drawing on sociological and anthropological theory and case studies, the chapter addresses three key issues: How people culturally construct meanings of places, how social relationships are practised in public places and how public places shape human behaviour. The dialectic relationship between people and place is a relevant perspective for understanding how people relate to their neighbourhood and how neighbourhood architecture invites residents to socially interact.

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Larsen, E.L. (2013). People and Place: The Interrelated Connections Between Interactions, Perceptions and Space. In: Stock, C., Ellaway, A. (eds) Neighbourhood Structure and Health Promotion. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6672-7_5

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