A leading theorist of place: geographer Doreen Massey (1944–2016)
Place is one of those elemental aspects of life. We’re all born somewhere, raised somewhere, educated somewhere, and so on. The places where we live help define who we are (our identity), our levels of wellbeing (physical and mental) and our opportunities over our life-course (economic, cultural, environmental and so on).
Places vary: their composition is never exactly the same, and the differences often are significant. To take some obvious examples, Shanghai, Sydney, St Petersburg and Seattle may all be coastal cities but their layout, populations, transportation systems, government institutions and so on are relatively unique.
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