Geographies of affect: In search of the emotional dimension of place branding

Emotion is becoming one of the most important assets for the development of a strategy of place branding, with the primary aim of projecting competitive spatial identities through the use of brands. Despite this, few studies have focused on defining the role played by emotion in the affective connec...

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Authors: Nogué, J. (Joan)|||/items/5905ecae-de66-4545-81ac-5b9300182e4a, San-Eugenio-Vela, J. (Jordi) de|||/items/833f30fe-0b2f-4871-9e44-67b63d7875ea
Format: article
Publication Date:2018
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Navarra
Repository:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/55735
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10171/55735
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Place branding
emotional geography
environmental psychology
non-representational theory
sense of place
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Summary:Emotion is becoming one of the most important assets for the development of a strategy of place branding, with the primary aim of projecting competitive spatial identities through the use of brands. Despite this, few studies have focused on defining the role played by emotion in the affective connection that is established between people and places in the context of a place branding initiative. Consequently, the main goal of this article is to define a possible emotional dimension of place branding, by performing a meta-analysis and employing the contributions of emotional geography, environmental psychology and non-representational theory.