Meanings of home: Developing a responsive and humane planning practice
Abstract
Home is the familiar every-day world
where we find a sense of belonging and
worth. It is critical that town planners
have an understanding of what home
means to individuals and communities
and the implications that this holds for
planning practice. In this reflective piece,
Dr. Thompson explores different notions
of home and the way that change, which
is a central concern of planning, impacts
on these meanings. She suggests how
planning practitioners can better appreciate
the significance of home and as a consequence,
respond humanely and appropriately
to this complex person-place
relationship. Le foyer est le symbole familier et journalier
apportant les sentiments d'appartenance
et de valeur. II est important que les
urbanistes cernent bien la notion de foyer
telle qu'elle est comprise par les citoyens
et les communautés, et donc les conséquences
que cette notion renferme. Dans
cet article j'explore les diverses notions de
foyer et leurs influences respectives sur
l'urbanisme. En comprenant mieux la
notion de foyer, les urbanistes seront en
mesure de répondre de façon plus humaine
à la relation complexe existant entre la
personne et le lieu.