UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT OF ?SENSE OF PLACE?WITHIN CULTURAL LANDSCAPE SETTING

Concern on a sense of place in cultural landscape setting of the historic city has been a global perennial issue. Literature search shows that there have been enormous effort to sustain the idea of sense of place or local wisdom in the cultural landscape studies. This paper discusseson landscape elements that help to elevate the feeling of sense of place in the context of culture. This paper deliberates on the idea of people?s perception, experience and responses towards their surroundings based on intangible and landscape elements that relate to their culture and norms. Content analysis has been used in reviewing on the prominent researchers discussing on the idea of ?sense of place? are adopted in this study. It was conducted to analyse the fundamental notions of place, perception and experience. This paper concludes thatplaces add value and significantly contribute in establishing the urban setting while elevating a sense of place in the cultural context.