CLASSIFICATION OF GENERIC PLACES - EXPLORATIONS WITH IMPLICATIONS FOREVALUATION

This is an exploratory study, taking on the transactional viewpoint. I t provides further research into the notion of place, focusing on the generic nature of places. Metatheoretically, the study is couched into Facet Approach. The main aim was to identify criteria which systemati cally structure preference for generic places and, on the basis of tho se criteria, to establish a classification system by which generic pla ces can be compared and related to one another. Fifty-five participant s conducted card sort procedure. Multidimensional Scaling Techniques ( MSA, SSA) were used to analyse the data. Three relevant criteria could be found: (1) Function of the places, (2) Specificity of function, an d (3) Privacy. Implications for future research and practical implicat ions are discussed.