Main Street Transformed
Community Sense of Place for Nonmetropolitan Tourism Business Districts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11670558 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas W Paradis (Northern Arizona University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 609-639 |
| Publication date | 2000-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2747/0272-3638.21.7.609 |
| OpenAlex | W2093774443 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 42 |
This case study applies the segment approach to investigate community sense of place for a small-town tourism business district (TBD). A stratified random sample of residents from Galena, Illinois (population 3,647), is analyzed to identify personal values and behaviors most closely associated with sense of place for downtown. Despite Galena's extreme orientation to tourism, natives and middle-class newcomers generally were found to be equally, and highly, involved with their TBD. Consequently, respondents claimed sentiments of "at-homeness" (or sense of place) for downtown regardless of their duration of residence. However, natives and newcomers collectively valued downtown for different reasons. One implication is that sense of place for downtown can translate into local agency-based projects and interest groups that promote or oppose the transformation of place. In turn, community cohesiveness can be threatened through the process of transforming a historic downtown into a TBD. [Key words: tourism business district (TBD), sense of place, downtown redevelopment, main street, small town.]
Advertising · Agency (philosophy · Archaeology · Business · Downtown · Economic geography · Geography · Political science · Population · Redevelopment · Residence · Sense of community · Sense of place · Social science · Sociology · Tourism · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Law · Place Attachment and Urban Studies · Urban Planning and Governance
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2026 (25) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |