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Date
2022Type
- Journal Article
Abstract
Urban expansion is generating unprecedented homogenization of landscapes across the world. This uniformization of urban forms brings along dramatic environmental, social, and health problems. Reverting such processes requires activating people's sense of place, their feeling of caring for their surroundings, and their community engagement. While emotions are known to have a modulating effect on behavior, their role in urban transformation is unknown. Drawing on large cognitive-psychological experiments in two countries, we demonstrate for the first time that urban homogenization processes lower people's affective bounds to places and ultimately their intentions to engage with their neighbourhoods. The dulled emotional responses in peri-urban areas compared to urban and rural areas can be explained by lower social cohesion and place attachment. The findings highlight the significance of considering emotions in shaping just, equitable, sustainable, and resilient cities. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000590326Publication status
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Journal / series
Scientific ReportsVolume
Pages / Article No.
Publisher
Macmillan PublishersSubject
Environmental impact; Psychology and behaviourOrganisational unit
03823 - Grêt-Regamey, Adrienne / Grêt-Regamey, Adrienne02655 - Netzwerk Stadt u. Landschaft ARCH u BAUG / Network City and Landscape ARCH and BAUG
Funding
757565 - Enabling transformation: Linking design and land system science to foster place-making in peri-urban landscapes under increasing globalization (EC)
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