Settlement-Identity: Psychological Bonds with Home Places in a Mobile Society Export

@article{citeulike:2800526, abstract = {This investigation addresses the theoretical analysis of one of the means by which the residentially mobile U.S. public may maintain the continuity of residential experiences despite the lack of lifetime stability of residence in one home place. It introduces a theoretical position that extends past research on the development of psychological bonds with the tangible surroundings of home places to explain the ways in which these experiences may generalize to the development of psychological bonds with types of settlements, or what will be called settlement-identity. This theoretical framework is applied in the context of a persistent dilemma of continued interest to urban scholars; namely, the distinction between city and suburban settlements. Specifically, the usefulness of this framework in explaining people's residential history and mobility plans, and the discriminations they make between the city and suburbs is illustrated by findings from a large sample survey conducted in Denver, Colorado. 10.1177/0013916590222002}, author = {Feldman, Roberta M.}, citeulike-article-id = {2800526}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013916590222002}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://eab.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/22/2/183}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/0013916590222002}, journal = {Environment and Behavior}, keywords = {attachment, identity, migration, mobility}, month = {March}, number = {2}, pages = {183--229}, posted-at = {2008-05-15 03:27:10}, priority = {2}, title = {Settlement-Identity: Psychological Bonds with Home Places in a Mobile Society}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013916590222002}, volume = {22}, year = {1990} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2800526 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2800526 N2 - This investigation addresses the theoretical analysis of one of the means by which the residentially mobile U.S. public may maintain the continuity of residential experiences despite the lack of lifetime stability of residence in one home place. It introduces a theoretical position that extends past research on the development of psychological bonds with the tangible surroundings of home places to explain the ways in which these experiences may generalize to the development of psychological bonds with types of settlements, or what will be called settlement-identity. This theoretical framework is applied in the context of a persistent dilemma of continued interest to urban scholars; namely, the distinction between city and suburban settlements. Specifically, the usefulness of this framework in explaining people's residential history and mobility plans, and the discriminations they make between the city and suburbs is illustrated by findings from a large sample survey conducted in Denver, Colorado. 10.1177/0013916590222002 IS - 2 JF - Environment and Behavior EP - 229 TI - Settlement-Identity: Psychological Bonds with Home Places in a Mobile Society VL - 22 SP - 183 KW - attachment KW - identity KW - migration KW - mobility AU - Feldman, Roberta PY - 1990/03/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013916590222002 ER -