Description
Senses of place helps us navigate the stability and change in a world of multiple interconnected global challenges.
About the Author
Christopher M. Raymond is Professor in Sustainability Science, Sustainability Transformations and Ecosystem Services at the Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Finland. He serves as Coordinating Lead Author on the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Values Assessment. He has published extensively on the multiple values of nature. Lynne C. Manzo is an environmental psychologist and Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture in the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington in Seattle, USA. Her research focuses on place attachment, displacement, social justice and the politics of place. Daniel R. Williams is Research Social Scientist at the USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. He has published extensively on place-based conservation, adaptive governance of landscape change and the science of practice in wildfire and climate adaptation. Andres Di Masso is Associate Professor at the Departmental Section of Social Psychology, University of Barcelona, Spain. His work focuses on place-discourse, power and the everyday politics of people-place relations. He has contributed innovative theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches to place attachment, sense of place and place identity. He leads an international network on social change (GRICS). Timo von Wirth is Assistant Professor at the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences and the Dutch Research Institute for Transitions, Netherlands. His work addresses the dynamics and contestations of places in transformation. He has published extensively on the role of place in sustainability transitions, on the relationship of place attachment and urban change, and on the advancement of measuring the quality of life in urban contexts.
Reviews
'Changing Senses of Place is a tour-de-force, provoking the reader to think more deeply about how we view place and the challenges faced by globalisation in its many forms. The volume provides vital guidance in how we might navigate an increasingly uncertain and precarious future.' Guy M. Robinson, University of Adelaide, Australia
'Recommended.' G. J. Martin, Choice Magazine
Book Information
ISBN 9781108477260
Author Christopher M. Raymond
Format Hardback
Page Count 378
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 870g
Dimensions(mm) 250mm * 175mm * 22mm