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Environmental identity and urbanism

Habitat International, 1984
The old historical areas of urban centres, particularly in Asia and Europe, have continued to attract many local residents as well as millions of visitors. In the last decade, many projects of adaptive reuse have been completed. They include the Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, Boston’s Faneuil Market Place, London’s Covent Garden, the historical ...
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"Urban change and urban identity"

2010
My paper will focus on the ability of Italian cities to sustain urban change and urban identity as well, while the vocation to territorial, cultural or economic planning remains a problem. There is no relationship between sprawl with its provisional form of sociability and historical centres.
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Urban Identity as a Global Phenomenon: Hybridity and Contextualization of Urban Identities in the Social Environment

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 2015
Major sociospatial transformation processes are taking place, and so concepts such as tradition, distinctiveness, and identity have become fundamental but delicate factors in the context of the social environment. Consequently, identity has become not only a term, but rather a comprehensive theme and concept, in making new places and built environments.
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THE FORMULATION OF URBAN IDENTITY ON BYZANTINE SEALS

The Medieval Globe, 2018
In western Europe, from the twelfth century at the latest, many urban communities designed and used corporate seals to prove that they functioned as institutions with full legal and executive capacities. In contrast, Byzantine cities never developed into similarly independent self-governing communities or city states and, consequently, never used city ...
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Local place identity: A comparison between residents of rural and urban communities

Journal of Rural Studies, 2021
Daniel Belanche, Luis V Casaló
exaly  

A Comprehensive Methodological Approach for the Assessment of Urban Identity

Sustainability, 2023
Alves F, Hasan Mansour
exaly  

Acculturation, urban identity, and psychological well‐being of rural–urban migrants in China

Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 2022
Juan Chen, Shenghua Xie, Xu Huang
exaly  

Work, Identity and Rural-Urban Relations

2002
'Work' is a central feature of rural identity. In fact agricultural work - as the source of local differentiation from city work - appears instrumental in influencing local perceptions of the city. In this context the overarching role of the state - through its involvement in production, for example - is a fundamental consideration.
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From hometown to the host city? Migrants' identity transition in urban China

Cities, 2022
Sainan Lin, Zhigang Li, Fulong Wu
exaly  

Defining urban identity in a post-socialist turbulent context: The role of housing typologies and urban layers in Tirana

Habitat International, 2020
Odeta Manahasa, Edmond Manahasa
exaly