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place utility: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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Human geography

a person's net satisfaction with a location compared with alternatives, which drives the decision to stay or migrate.

In human geography, place utility refers to a person's net satisfaction with a location compared with alternatives, which drives the decision to stay or migrate. This meaning comes from Wolpert (1965) in Papers of the Regional Science Association.[1]

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association4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs person3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs place4 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Wolpert, J. (1965). Behavioral aspects of the decision to migrate. Papers of the Regional Science Association, 15(1), 159-169. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01947871

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