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Indywidualny i kolektywny wymiar identyfikacji przestrzennej
Individual and Collective Measure of Spatial Identification

Author(s): Agnieszka Michalska
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: EUROREG - Uniwersytet Warszawski, Regional Studies Association - Sekcja Polska
Keywords: spatial identification; individual identification; collective identification; Lodz; identity

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the analysis of spatial identification treated as the process of individual identification with the particular space by taking the role of the inhabitant of the particular territory as well as the sense of the connection with the territorial community which makes the social group of positive reference for the individual. The paper analyses two measures of spatial identification: individual identification and collective one. The analyse results in answering the question what is the range of coherence of spatial references of Lodz inhabitants. In order to do that the typology including indicated aspects of spatial identification was created. Obtained results present that within investigated individuals category including the process of identification with the city in individual measure and treating the neighbour community as the reference group dominates. That is why it is necessary to notice the lack of the coherence between individual and collective measure of spatial identification of Lodz inhabitants.

  • Issue Year: 4/2003
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 77-90
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish