Withdrawal from the local public place: Understanding the process of spatial alienation

Landscape Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-297

  Buchecker, Matthias ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alienation; Community; Place identity; Public place; Qualitative interviews; Social norms

Indexed keywords

INDIVIDUALISM; PUBLIC SPACE; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VILLAGE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 70449346454     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426390902867968     Document Type: Article

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