'Universitate din Bucuresti (University of Bucharest)'
Abstract
“Place” represents an important issue for human geo
graphers. This paper deals with the
process of urban change that has affected the histo
rical centre of Bucharest over the course of the
last decade. The urban regeneration process could t
ransform the cultural meanings of the ‘sense of
the place’ and contribute to a reinvention of an ur
ban identity dimension. The aim of the paper is
to contribute to the formulation of a critical pers
pective on urban regeneration, by highlighting the
absence or otherness of cultural urban meanings in
creating a place identity among the citizens
during the (post)communist period. The authors adva
nce and test the hypotheses that the
historical importance of the city and the regenerat
ion process in the sense of place construction
are different among the residents