Place attachment and community attachment: A primer grounded in the lived experience of a community sociologist

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 191-210

  Trentelman, Carla Koons ^a  

^a WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community attachment; Community sociology; Place; Place attachment; Sense of place

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SENSE OF PLACE;

EID: 60149102408     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920802191712     Document Type: Article

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