Making Sense of Place

The term sense of place is an important multidisciplinary concept used to understand the complex processes through which individuals and groups define themselves and their relationship to their natural and cultural environments and which over the last twenty years or so has been increasingly defined theorized and used across diverse disciplines in different ways. The essays collected here drawn from a variety of disciplines (including but not limited to sociology history geography outdoor education museum and heritage studies health and English literature) offer an international perspective on the relationship between people and place via five interlinked sections (Histories Landscapes and Identities; Rural Sense of Place; Urban Sense of Place; Cultural Landscapes; Conservation Biodiversity and Tourism).