The Psychology of Place

Trained in community psychology, Iain M. Butterworth has spent thirty years connecting planners, policymakers, researchers and citizens to build healthier communities. A Fulbright Scholar, he works across governments, universities, and N.G.Os to establish applicable research findings on planning and liveability.

• Introduction: psychological conceptions of place: opportunities for rebuilding our place in a post-colonial world Iain Butterworth; Part I. Conceptual Frameworks and Worldviews: 1. Issues and opportunities for defining and measuring 'the psychology of place' Iain Butterworth; 2. 'We can no more own the land we walk on than the air we breathe': indigenous conceptions of place Uncle Ray Woods, Donna Murray, Letetia Harris, Alison Vivian and Michael Halloran; Part II. Examples, Issues, and Opportunities for Policy and Practice: 3. Climate change as a disrupter of sense of place Dan Guttman, Janet Stanley and Iain Butterworth; 4. The application and assessment of regional and rural liveability Melanie Davern, Leila Farahani and Rebecca Roberts; 5. Neighbourhood connections of Iranian migrants in Melbourne, Australia Somaieh Ebrahimi , Liz Taylor, and Iain Butterworth; 6. Ellenbrook New Town 1993–2023: eeconnecting people to place via traditional neighbourhood design Mike Day and Iain Butterworth; 7. Sense of place among young people in Nashville, Tennessee Megan L. McCormick, Shayda Azamian, Kathryn Y. Morgan, Kayla M. Anderson, Melody Gibson and Brian D. Christens; 8. Sense of place and liveability: community cognitions, attachment, and social action Douglas D. Perkins, Iain Butterworth and Nikolay L. Mihaylov; 9. Creating healthy places and neighbourhoods: the role of public policymaking Carmel Williams, Nicole Valentine, Yonatal Tefera, Nadia Wei Ee Lai and Mija Coad; 10. Our place-our journey. How we worked to assist in rebuilding a broken city to establish a place for all people to thrive Anna Stevenson, Debbie Tikao and Karen Banwell; Part III. Building Bridges: 11. Indigenous nation-building: bridging the gaps between policy implementation and connection to Country Mandy Gadsdon, James Butterworth, Alison Vivian, Michael Halloran and Iain Butterworth; 12. Indigenous knowledge systems as keys to rebuilding humans' relationships to place and planet Michael Donovan; 13. The architecture of belonging: finding the pulse of a precinct Sarah Lynn Rees, Dan Honey, Leigh Carmichael, Iain Butterworth, Michael Frazzetto and Julia Haselhorst; 14. The courage to heal: reflections on working as an ally in planning with Country Michelle Howard; Part IV. Reflections: 15. Issues and opportunities for reconciling Western and Indigenous conceptions of place Iain Butterworth, Mandy Gadsdon and James Butterworth; 16. Afterword. Saving a place for hope: how a posthuman approach can help us stay grounded during rapid change Peter Streker.