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Identity of the city: Views of local actors in four urban centers

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: The paper analyzes the identities of four cities/towns in Serbia: Kragujevac, Novi Pazar, Sabac and Uzice, as seen by their inhabitants and other local actors. The identity of a city is defined as a set of unique features ensuring its continuous recognizability and distinguishing it from any other city. The analysis is based on quantitative and qualitative data collected in 2013 within the project ?Characteristics of Territorial Capital in Serbia? of the Institute for Sociological Research, Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade. The views of citizens are documented by representative survey data (Kragujevac N=379, Novi Pazar N=299, Sabac N=346 and Uzice N=322), and those of other actors by semi-structured interviews (Kragujevac N=15, Novi Pazar N=14, Sabac N=12 and Uzice N=17).

Source: Sociologija

DOI: 10.2298/soc1402101b

Authors: Vera Backovic, Ivana Spasic

Language: English

Topic: Place Attachment and Urban Studies

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnološkog Razvoja

Award: G4499242224