Space
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7076815 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leslie Wasson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeoss214 |
| OpenAlex | W4250942039 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
Space has many faces: the bubble of individual space, the private spaces we maintain for our personal lives, the situated space defined for social interactions, the public spaces of wider social activity, and space as a scarce distributed resource in the organization of human social life. A sociological examination of space might look at one or more of these aspects. Although some theorists use the terms space and place interchangeably, they are not the same concept. A place is a social organization of space to which we have attached a particular meaning, and in which certain activities are more likely to occur. Space is the physical distance among the elements of which that place is constituted
Architectural engineering · Epistemology · Living space · Meaning (existential · Personal space · Private space · Public space · Situated · Social relation · Social science · Social space · Sociology · Computer Science · Engineering · Place Attachment and Urban Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban Planning and Governance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Artificial Intelligence
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |