Place Attachment in Public Space Case Study: Hiraq Square Lhokseumawe, Aceh – Indonesia
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v8i1.9.30075Keywords:
place attachment, public space, sense of placeAbstract
Concerning to the issue of place attachment, the research tends to observes the functional attachment which will affect the level of attachment in Hiraq Square Lhokseumawe (HSL), a renowned public space among local people in the city of Lhokseumawe, Aceh, Indonesia. Place attachment is known as a process to unite people and specific space that can encourage the sense of place. It is also indicating the interrela-tion between physical features and its function, by this process the sense of a place can be emerged. These concepts concentrate on the phys-ical features and activities together with the meanings affected by users that will establish the meaning and the identity of the place. The re-search is conducted by applying indirect method to simplify ordinary patterns and people-particular patterns of the place. Overall, 120 re-spondents at certain area of HSL were questioned through questionnaire survey and 10 kiosk operators were questioned. The findings indi-cates that the people have a robust relationship with the local environment and appoint the significance of place as economics’ dependence and recreational place. The level of functional attachment to HSL is range from level 1 to level 3, whereas level 3 implicates a higher en-gagement in loyalty, goals and obedience to the environment.
Â
References
[1] Karsono, B., Deni, Fithri, C.A., (2016), Assessment of functional and emotional attachment in malacca riverfront promenade. Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences & Engineering) 78:5 (2016) 153–157.
[2] Relph, E. (1976). Place and placelessness. London: Pion Publication.
[3] Canter, D. (1977). The psychology of place. London: The Architectural Press Ltd.
[4] Karsono, B., Indira, S.S., Deni (2016), The significance of uniqueness, comfort, security and safety to place attach-ment, Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences & Engineering) 78:5 (2015) 179–183
[5] Altman, I., & Low, S. (Eds.). (1992). Place attachment. New York: Plenum Press.
[6] Giuliani, M. V. (2003). Theory of attachment and place attachment. In M. Bonnes, T. Lee & M. Bonaiuto (Eds.), Psychological Theories for Environmental Issues. Adershort, UK: Ashgate Publishing Company.
[7] Bonnes, M., & Secchiaroli, G. (1995). Environmental psychology: A psychosocial introduction. London: Sage Publi-cations.
[8] Hummon, D. M. (1992). Community attachment: Local sentiment and sense of place. In I. Altman & S. Low (Eds.), Place attachment. New York: Plenum Press.
[9] Carmona, M., Heath, T., Oc, T., & Tiesdell, S. (2003). Public places - urban spaces, the dimensions of urban design. Oxford: Architectural Press.
[10] Proshansky, H. M., Fabian, A. K., & Kaminoff, R. (1995). Place Identity: Physical world socialisation of the self, giv-ing place meaning in L. Groat (Ed.), Readings in Environmental Psychology (pp. 87-113). San Diego: Academic Press.
[11] Shamai, S. (1991). Sense of place: An empirical measurement. Journal Geoforum, 22(3), 347-358.
[12] Stedman, C. R. (2003). Is it really just a social construction? The contribution of the physical environment to sense of place. Journal of Society and Natural Resources, 16, 671-685.
[13] Gustafson, P. (2001). Meanings of place: Everyday experience and theoritical conceptualizations. Journal of Envi-ronmental Psychology, 21, 5-16.
[14] Proshansky, H. M., Ittelson, W. H., & Rivlin, L. G. (1976). Environmental psychology: People and their settings. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
[15] Gifford, R. (1987). Environmental psychology: Pronciples and practice. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, Inc.
[16] Lynch, K. (1960). The image of the city. Massachusetts: MIT Press.
[17] von Eckartsberg, R. (1998). Introducing existential-phenomenological psychology. In R. Valle (Ed.), Phenomenologi-cal inquiry in psychology (pp. 3-20). New York: Plenum.
[18] Seamon, D. (1982). The phenomenological contribution to environmental psychology. Journal of environmental psychology, 2, 119 - 140.
Downloads
How to Cite
Received date: November 4, 2019
Accepted date: November 4, 2019