Project for Public Places
Christopher Alexander

The Relationship of Place & Environment, Collective Intention and Quality of Outcomes
Fetzer Institute

The People/Place Map
PoPI Stewards

Research Lenses
Renee Levi

Collective Resonance
Shifting Factors
Renee Levi

Research Lenses
Renee Levi
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Place, space and environment have played an integral role in many academic and professional disciplines. This diagram summarizes nine “research lenses” through which place has been considered in the academic literature. It is taken from the Review of Literature section of Renee Levi’s 2008 study, The Powers of Place