Making place: Identity construction and community formation through “sense of place” in westland, new zealand

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 901-915

  Sampson, Kaylene A ^a   Goodrich, Colin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Identity construction; Place attachment; Rural communities; Sense of place

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950770208     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920802178172     Document Type: Article

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