Place attachment and local identities: Case studies of four cities in Serbia

This paper examines the identities of selected cities (Kragujevac, Novi Pazar, Šabac, and Užice) and the relation of their inhabitants towards them, through a sense of belonging as well as through the perceived degree of satisfaction of one's own needs. Place attachment is discussed, first, within a more general hierarchy of spatial identities (city, region, Serbia, Europe), and second, in terms of its qualitative internal structure, distinguishing the emotional from the pragmatic mode of attachment. City identities are described in terms of their symbolic contents and their distinctness. The... Mehr ...