Historic buildings give us a stronger sense of place.

The West Midlands Regional Observatory reports:

Research launched by English Heritage has found a significant link between an adult’s ‘sense of place’ and the concentration of historic environment assets within their area.

Sense of Place and Social Capital and the Historic Built Environment (pdf, 884kb), launched simultaneously with Heritage Counts 2009, involved surveys with 500 adults and 700 teenagers from across England.

For more head over to here. Thanks to Created in Birmingham for mentioning this post to us.

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