Approach Based on Data Mining for Exploring the Hierarchical Decision-Making Rules between the Generation of Transnational Immigrants’ Sense of Place in Religious Spaces and Perception of the Environment
The generation of transnational immigrants’ sense of place in the religious space of the places they move to can protect and promote their integration into the local society by shaping a sense of place identity and belonging through the positive effects of human–environment interaction and the stren...
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| description | The generation of transnational immigrants’ sense of place in the religious space of the places they move to can protect and promote their integration into the local society by shaping a sense of place identity and belonging through the positive effects of human–environment interaction and the strengthening of the religious beliefs of the migrant community. China is in a period of economic transition in the post-reform and opening-up era, and has become one of the key testing grounds for observing and summarizing the internationally mobile population. However, there is a relative lack of empirical studies at the micro level. It is unclear how the socio-cultural and physical environment in religious places in urban China influences and leads to the construction of identity and local meaning among transnational immigrants. This study uses the Chapelle Notre-Dame de Lourdes in Guangzhou as an empirical case study, distributes questionnaires to foreign immigrants, and applies data mining approaches to analyze the data. The study also explores the knowledge of the rules related to the religious atmosphere perceived by the immigrants in this environment and their place identity, place attachment and place dependency. This study found that a place of worship that supports frequent and interactive ritual activities and provides a natural, harmonious, and solemn green landscape environment can effectively promote foreign immigrants’ sense of local attachment to the place of worship. The establishment of emotional relationships between religious places and foreign immigrants depends on the immigrant community’s satisfaction with the local physical environment and its perceived judgment. The speed of attachment and identity building depends on the light and shadow environment, architectural colors and materials, natural vegetation and other environmental elements related to the creation of the religious atmosphere that people perceive in the place. For Guangzhou City, which is in the process of globalization and transition to “multicultural services”, this study provides local policy makers with a critical reference for decision making on the creation and renewal of religious places in immigrant communities. The provision of more relevant production and living services for the internationally mobile population, and the enhancement of the local identity of the internationally mobile population to the place of migration are directions that academia and society need to explore together in the future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c4adabab54e54fceb741bafaeec8d5702023-11-30T22:09:36ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442022-02-0113319510.3390/rel13030195Approach Based on Data Mining for Exploring the Hierarchical Decision-Making Rules between the Generation of Transnational Immigrants’ Sense of Place in Religious Spaces and Perception of the EnvironmentLin Mei0Kun Liu1Lei Xiong2Bo-Wei Zhu3School of Art and Design, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, ChinaCollege of Fine Arts and Design, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, ChinaSchool of Architecture and Applied Art, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou 511400, ChinaFaculty of Humanities and Arts, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau 999078, ChinaThe generation of transnational immigrants’ sense of place in the religious space of the places they move to can protect and promote their integration into the local society by shaping a sense of place identity and belonging through the positive effects of human–environment interaction and the strengthening of the religious beliefs of the migrant community. China is in a period of economic transition in the post-reform and opening-up era, and has become one of the key testing grounds for observing and summarizing the internationally mobile population. However, there is a relative lack of empirical studies at the micro level. It is unclear how the socio-cultural and physical environment in religious places in urban China influences and leads to the construction of identity and local meaning among transnational immigrants. This study uses the Chapelle Notre-Dame de Lourdes in Guangzhou as an empirical case study, distributes questionnaires to foreign immigrants, and applies data mining approaches to analyze the data. The study also explores the knowledge of the rules related to the religious atmosphere perceived by the immigrants in this environment and their place identity, place attachment and place dependency. This study found that a place of worship that supports frequent and interactive ritual activities and provides a natural, harmonious, and solemn green landscape environment can effectively promote foreign immigrants’ sense of local attachment to the place of worship. The establishment of emotional relationships between religious places and foreign immigrants depends on the immigrant community’s satisfaction with the local physical environment and its perceived judgment. The speed of attachment and identity building depends on the light and shadow environment, architectural colors and materials, natural vegetation and other environmental elements related to the creation of the religious atmosphere that people perceive in the place. For Guangzhou City, which is in the process of globalization and transition to “multicultural services”, this study provides local policy makers with a critical reference for decision making on the creation and renewal of religious places in immigrant communities. The provision of more relevant production and living services for the internationally mobile population, and the enhancement of the local identity of the internationally mobile population to the place of migration are directions that academia and society need to explore together in the future.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/3/195sense of placedata miningtransnational immigrantsreligious spaceGuangzhou Chapelle Notre-Dame de Lourdes |
| spellingShingle | Lin Mei Kun Liu Lei Xiong Bo-Wei Zhu Approach Based on Data Mining for Exploring the Hierarchical Decision-Making Rules between the Generation of Transnational Immigrants’ Sense of Place in Religious Spaces and Perception of the Environment Religions sense of place data mining transnational immigrants religious space Guangzhou Chapelle Notre-Dame de Lourdes |
| title | Approach Based on Data Mining for Exploring the Hierarchical Decision-Making Rules between the Generation of Transnational Immigrants’ Sense of Place in Religious Spaces and Perception of the Environment |
| title_full | Approach Based on Data Mining for Exploring the Hierarchical Decision-Making Rules between the Generation of Transnational Immigrants’ Sense of Place in Religious Spaces and Perception of the Environment |
| title_fullStr | Approach Based on Data Mining for Exploring the Hierarchical Decision-Making Rules between the Generation of Transnational Immigrants’ Sense of Place in Religious Spaces and Perception of the Environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Approach Based on Data Mining for Exploring the Hierarchical Decision-Making Rules between the Generation of Transnational Immigrants’ Sense of Place in Religious Spaces and Perception of the Environment |
| title_short | Approach Based on Data Mining for Exploring the Hierarchical Decision-Making Rules between the Generation of Transnational Immigrants’ Sense of Place in Religious Spaces and Perception of the Environment |
| title_sort | approach based on data mining for exploring the hierarchical decision making rules between the generation of transnational immigrants sense of place in religious spaces and perception of the environment |
| topic | sense of place data mining transnational immigrants religious space Guangzhou Chapelle Notre-Dame de Lourdes |
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