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place identity  

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  • The concept of place identity—the sense of belonging to emotionally, socially, and culturally significant places—is an important facet of people's self-identity. Place identity situates psychological development in the life spaces, home spaces, neighborhood spaces, and national/transnational/global spaces where people live and work. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World; Place Identity]

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