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There is a place in Wyoming called the Red Desert. It has tangible characteristics—land and sky, sagebrush and antelope, fences and roads—but if you visit, you will do more than just register these features. You will take memories from and layer meaning upon the landscape, personally investing in the place. This chapter portrays the development of personal place meanings of the Red Desert and describes social and political processes with the potential to translate them into public meanings of place.
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Olstad, T. (2013). Personal Experience and Public Place Creation. In: Stewart, W., Williams, D., Kruger, L. (eds) Place-Based Conservation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5802-5_8
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