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Exploring the Spatio-Temporal Variation of Sense of Place in Situ
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The study of people-place relationships has always been important in understanding urban
environments. In the context of non-native residents adjusting to new urban environments,
the development of relationships with the surrounding environments emerge
differently transitioning from mere functional bonds, to emotional and to more deeper
bonds of belonging. The subjective perception among individuals of the objective world
is studied in the fields of environmental psychology and urban studies as a multidimensional
construct of sense of place that varies in both space and time and influenced by
perceptions and experiences happening in situ. In existing literature little attention has
been paid on the influence of low-level timestamp and in-situ experienced in the variation
of sense of place. This study brings together the fields of environmental psychology and
urban studies to explore the spatial and temporal variation of three dimensions of sense
of place namely; place dependence, place attachment, and urban sentiment by exploring
in-situ low-level timestamped data collected from non-native students in the cities of
Castell´on (Spain) and Lisbon (Portugal). We designed and implemented a comprehensive
and improved methodological framework from suggestions in existing literature to
include in-situ data collection through developing a context-aware mobile app that generates
questionnaires in situ, data processing that integrates contextual data, exploratory
analysis of the spatial, temporal, and contextual dataset and visualization of the spatial
and temporal variation of the dimensions of sense of place in the dataset. Results revealed
areas that represent a consistent positive sense of place. The city center of Castell´on and
neigborhoods in Lisbon exhibit consistent positive place dependence, where as place attachment
exhibit neutral to positive values across the two cities, and urban sentiment
exhibit mere variation across the two cities. For the contextual factors influence in the
variation of the three dimensions, only weather exhibit a statistical significance. The
methodological framework developed and implemented in this study allowed to create
and explore the spatial, temporal, and contextual dataset on sense of place and can be
used for further exploration or other longitudinal studies.
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Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies
Palavras-chave
Sense of Place Place dependence Place attachment Urban sentiment In-situ data Spatio-temporal variation