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Community sociologists have examined community attachment through an almost exclusive focus on people’s social relations. Recent research efforts have noted the neglect of the physical place in traditional community sociological studies. Doing this has brought the physical environment into their discussions of community attachment. Despite this progress, we remain limited in our understanding of the physical environment’s contribution to peoples’ attachment to their communities and whether its effect on community attachment is applicable in the context of urban settings. In an effort to expand our knowledge of this topic, this study explored the contributions of the urban physical environment on community attachment. By selecting the Discovery Green Park as a typical form of physical environment in Houston, Texas, this study sought to investigate how people’s levels of community attachment could be predicted by: (1) peoples’ interactions with an urban park; (2) people’s emotional connections with such a park; and (3) peoples’ social interactions with others within the park. After conducting a series of block model regression analyses, we found that community attachment was not completely defined by social factors, but also depended upon peoples’ emotional connections with the local physical environment and the social interactions happening in those settings.
Ying Xu; David Matarrita-Cascante; Jae Ho Lee; A.E. Luloff. Incorporating Physical Environment-Related Factors in an Assessment of Community Attachment: Understanding Urban Park Contributions. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5603 .
AMA StyleYing Xu, David Matarrita-Cascante, Jae Ho Lee, A.E. Luloff. Incorporating Physical Environment-Related Factors in an Assessment of Community Attachment: Understanding Urban Park Contributions. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (20):5603.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYing Xu; David Matarrita-Cascante; Jae Ho Lee; A.E. Luloff. 2019. "Incorporating Physical Environment-Related Factors in an Assessment of Community Attachment: Understanding Urban Park Contributions." Sustainability 11, no. 20: 5603.
Studies on participation in community gardens have revealed that gardeners’ participation is driven by functional and emotional motives. Most studies, however, have failed to recognize gardeners’ diverse characteristics. To fill this research gap, this study examined the moderating effect that variations within gardeners has on their participation, particularly as in the case of past gardening experience. The data for this study were obtained through a survey administered in three plot-based community gardens in Austin, Texas. Results revealed that increased gardening experience bolsters the effect of emotional motivations on garden participation, while no effect was shown in the relationship between functional motivations and participation. The importance of gardeners’ past gardening experience on emotional motivations is discussed as it relates to sustained participation in gardening.
Jae Ho Lee; David Matarrita-Cascante. Gardeners’ Past Gardening Experience and Its Moderating Effect on Community Garden Participation. Sustainability 2019, 11, 3308 .
AMA StyleJae Ho Lee, David Matarrita-Cascante. Gardeners’ Past Gardening Experience and Its Moderating Effect on Community Garden Participation. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (12):3308.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJae Ho Lee; David Matarrita-Cascante. 2019. "Gardeners’ Past Gardening Experience and Its Moderating Effect on Community Garden Participation." Sustainability 11, no. 12: 3308.
Jae Ho Lee; David Matarrita-Cascante. The influence of emotional and conditional motivations on gardeners’ participation in community (allotment) gardens. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 2019, 42, 21 -30.
AMA StyleJae Ho Lee, David Matarrita-Cascante. The influence of emotional and conditional motivations on gardeners’ participation in community (allotment) gardens. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 2019; 42 ():21-30.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJae Ho Lee; David Matarrita-Cascante. 2019. "The influence of emotional and conditional motivations on gardeners’ participation in community (allotment) gardens." Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 42, no. : 21-30.
Jae Ho Lee; Jae Ho Jae Ho; Dong Wook Kim. The effectiveness of the conservation of Korean village groves (Maeulsoop) based on an assessment of tree ages. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 2019, 39, 26 -34.
AMA StyleJae Ho Lee, Jae Ho Jae Ho, Dong Wook Kim. The effectiveness of the conservation of Korean village groves (Maeulsoop) based on an assessment of tree ages. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 2019; 39 ():26-34.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJae Ho Lee; Jae Ho Jae Ho; Dong Wook Kim. 2019. "The effectiveness of the conservation of Korean village groves (Maeulsoop) based on an assessment of tree ages." Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 39, no. : 26-34.
The growing importance of participatory and collaborative approaches in resource management has resulted in an increased emphasis on identifying the complex relationships between natural national parks and neighboring rural communities. Given the limited number of studies dealing with parks beyond rural areas, our exploratory case study examines how conflict stemming from diverse community stakeholders’ perspectives and values in regard to the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park influences their involvement and attitudes toward park management. Thirty-two interviews were conducted and analyzed using a content-analysis methodology. Guided by the Progress Triangle conflict management framework, each stakeholder’s views, interests, and aspirations associated with the missions were organized according to the framework’s three dimensions: Substance, procedure, and relationship. The study findings discussed how stakeholders’ varying perspectives regarding cultural resources influenced their interactions with urban historical national parks and their attitudes toward park management. Furthermore, how stakeholders can reconcile their differences through a collaborative approach for better park management was discussed.
Jae Ho Lee; David Matarrita-Cascante; Ying Xu; Michael Schuett. Examining the Conflicting Relationship between U.S. National Parks and Host Communities: Understanding a Community’s Diverging Perspectives. Sustainability 2018, 10, 3667 .
AMA StyleJae Ho Lee, David Matarrita-Cascante, Ying Xu, Michael Schuett. Examining the Conflicting Relationship between U.S. National Parks and Host Communities: Understanding a Community’s Diverging Perspectives. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (10):3667.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJae Ho Lee; David Matarrita-Cascante; Ying Xu; Michael Schuett. 2018. "Examining the Conflicting Relationship between U.S. National Parks and Host Communities: Understanding a Community’s Diverging Perspectives." Sustainability 10, no. 10: 3667.