Operationalizing places in GIScience: A review

The space–place dichotomy has long been discussed in geography, psychology, philosophy, and more recently geographic information science. attempts to integrate vague notions of place into systems (GIS) constitute the foundations place-based GIS stream research, but rationale methods for operationalizing differ considerably literature. We present a literature review an attempt identify discuss distinct yet overlapping frameworks that aim bridge gap between space, place, GIS. shows most studies designed knowledge-based models urban context based on concepts drawn from human geography. Using mixed methods, we synthesize findings, thus encouraging future research building new conceptual methodological are able expand solidify scope