Who defines and manages the environment? The significance of lay senses of place

The purpose of this paper is to examine the significance of the images of the environment held by ordinary people, ie those using a particular environment as an arena of everyday living and who are not "environmental professionals', such as architects and planners. Although some of the suggestions of the paper may be of relevance for such professional practice, it is couched in terms of a humanistic geography which recognizes that this …