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Title

Place-making, settlement and well-being: the therapeutic landscapes of recently arrived youth with refugee backgrounds

Author(s)

Sampson, R.;  Gifford, S. M.

Abstract

This paper explores the relationship between place-making, well-being and settlement among recently arrived youth with refugee backgrounds in Melbourne, Australia. Drawing on qualitative data including photo-novellas and neighborhood drawings, we describe the ways youth negotiate connections to place in early resettlement. Within the context of broader research on health and place, we describe how recently arrived youth actively seek out places with qualities associated with restoration and recovery and through these engagements, work to create therapeutic landscapes on arrival. The findings have implications for understanding the contribution of place-making to well-being in the settlement process.

Publication type

Journal article

Source

Health and Place, Vol. 16, no. 1 (2010), pp. 116-131

Publication year

2010

FOR Code(s)

1117 Public Health and Health Services;  1604 Human Geography

Keyword(s)

Art;  Australasia;  Australia;  Conflict;  Educational status;  Healing;  Health;  Health behavior;  Housing;  Human settlement;  Landscape;  Melbourne;  Migration;  Peer group;  Personal satisfaction;  Photography;  Place preference;  Racism;  Recreation;  Refugees;  Safety;  School child;  Schools;  Settlement;  Social adaptation;  Social interaction;  Therapeutic landscapes;  Victoria;  Violence;  Well-being

Publisher

Elsevier

ISSN

1353-8292

Publisher URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.09.004

Copyright

Copyright © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Peer reviewed