Place and Property

Rethinking a relationship

Dave Havermans

Wim Heijs

Jos Smeets

Content

• Introduction• Place: definition & dimensions• Property: definition• Place & Property: 3 dimensions• Concluding remarks

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Introduction

• First ideas• Focus RE Theory mainly on physical

dimensions, pricing, etc.• In this contribution attention to motives

of behavior and action and meaning of buildings as well as the environment of the building

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Place

Property

Place// Definition

“Would you like to come around to my place”

“My place is not your place”

“Eindhoven is a nice place”

“She puts me in my place”

“A place for everything and everything in its place”[Creswell, 2004]

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Place// Definition

• Place versus Space

“What begins as undifferentiated space becomes place as we get to know it better and endow it with

value”[Tuan, 1977]

• Various scales• Place as a process

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Place// Dimensions

In general 3 dimensions of ‘place’ (Canter, 1977; Relph, 1976)

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Physical attributes

Activities Meaning

Place

Place// Dimensions

In general 3 dimensions of ‘place’ (Canter, 1977; Relph, 1976)

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Physical attributes

Activities Meaning

Place

Place// Dimensions

In general 3 dimensions of ‘place’ (Canter, 1977; Relph, 1976)

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Physical attributes

Activities Meaning

Place

Place// Dimensions

In general 3 dimensions of ‘place’ (Canter, 1977; Relph, 1976)

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Physical attributes

Activities Meaning

Place

Property// Definition

Property as a bundle of rights:• Control of use (exclusive possession)• Right to any benefit from the property• Right to transfer or sell (conveyance)• Right to exclude others (enclosure)

Focus is on ‘real property’ (buildings + environment)

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Property// Definition

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state of exclusive rights and control over property

the control a person intentionally exercises towards a property

Real Property

Ownership Possession

Property

Physical attributes

Activities Meaning

Place

Place &Property // Rethinking a relationship

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Real Property

Ownership Possession

Property

Place & Property// Physical attributes

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Real Property

Ownership Possession

Activities Meaning

Place

Property

Typology Ownership & possession separated?Yes No

Ownership land & building(s) separated?

Yes Landlord with ground lease

Occupier owns building without land and possess buildings + land

No Landlord Occupier owns and possess buildings as well as land

Place & Property// Activities

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Real Property

Ownership Possession

Activities Meaning

Place

Property

Rented-sector Owner-occupied sector

Advantages - Greater flexibility - No maintenance risks- Possible rent subsidy

- Adaptable - Greater security living costs- Fiscal benefits

Disadvantages - Uncertainty living costs- No gaining of capital- Limitation of adaptation

- Less flexible - Maintenance risks- Financial risks

Place & Property// Activities

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Real Property

Ownership Possession

Activities Meaning

Place

Property

Right to exclude others:

For example:• Parochialization: Appropriation of

public domain by certain groups

Can mismatch with the possessors of surrounding buildings

Place & Property// Meanings

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Real Property

Ownership Possession

Activities Meaning

Place

Property

Meanings of home [Després, 1991]:

• Reflection of ideas & values

• Indicator of Personal Status

• Permanence & Continuity

• Relationships with Family & Friends

> ‘Feelings of Attachment’

• Security & Control

• Center of Activities

> ‘Satisfaction’

• Acting Upon & Modifying dwelling

> ‘Feelings of ownership’

Differs among, individuals/groups

Place & Property// Meanings

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Real Property

Ownership Possession

Activities Meaning

Place

Property

Attachment to places:• Ownership predicts higher home

attachment not to neighborhood• For renters more difficult to experience

high attachments [Brown et al., 2004]

Place & Property// Meanings

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Real Property

Ownership Possession

Activities Meaning

Place

Property

Satisfaction:• Homeowners more satisfied with

housing situations than tenants

• Unknown related to innate preference for homeownership or due to housing policies pushing households into direction of homeownership[Elsinga & Hoekstra, 2005]

Place & Property// Meanings

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Real Property

Ownership Possession

Activities Meaning

Place

Property

Feeling of ownership:• People evaluate ideas & objects more

favorably.• Cause people to view tangible and

intangible possessions as part of extended self

• Trigger a sense of responsibility for the entity [Van Dyne & Pierce, 2004]

Concluding remarks

• RE Theory should give more attention to possession and meaning

• Management should emphasis meaning of places and properties

• Strengthen feelings of ownership

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Real Property

Ownership Possession

Activities Meaning

Place

Property

Thank you for your attention!!

Dave Havermans

Wim Heijs

Jos Smeets