An increasing number of scholars acknowledge the complexity of urban integration. Analysing how a large‐scale urban development project integrates existing urban structures cannot be limited to urbanistic preoccupations of ensuring functional connections between these areas. To offer a larger conception of urban integration, this paper suggests a user‐centred approach. By considering the development of person‐place relationships as an original way to measure urban integration, it analyses the emergence of place attachment among the student population of the University of Luxembourg in Belval, a newly built knowledge district developing in Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg. The aim is to provide scientific evidence on the multidimensional relationship between the students and the city, and how it is influenced by their place of residence and by sociodemographic characteristics. The paper uses a combination of survey results and qualitative insights from focus groups. Findings draw a nuanced overall picture. Place attachment is significantly influenced by place of residence. While most of the students only develop limited ties to their university location, a significant number establishes a certain form of attachment that is less characterised by spatial practices in the city than by the creation of an intangible student identity linked to Esch/Alzette. This mainly concerns older, international students who have a clearer vision of their post‐student life and consider making Esch/Alzette their home. The missing elements of the campus, such as green areas or an urban atmosphere, were recurrently mentioned by the focus group participants as factors leading them to explore the city centre.

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通过地方依恋分析城市一体化：大学生如何为一体化城市空间的形成做出贡献？

越来越多的学者承认城市一体化的复杂性。分析大型城市开发项目如何整合现有城市结构不能仅限于确保这些区域之间的功能连接的城市主义关注点。为了提供更大的城市一体化概念，本文提出了一种以用户为中心的方法。通过将人与地方关系的发展视为衡量城市一体化的原始方法，本文分析了位于卢森堡埃施/阿尔泽特的新建知识区贝尔瓦尔的卢森堡大学学生群体中地方依恋的出现。目的是为学生与城市之间的多维关系以及其居住地和社会人口特征如何影响这种关系提供科学证据。该论文结合了调查结果和焦点小组的定性见解。调查结果描绘了一幅微妙的整体图景。地方依恋受居住地影响显着。虽然大多数学生只与他们的大学所在地建立了有限的联系，但相当多的学生建立了某种形式的依恋，这种依恋的特征与其说是城市的空间实践，不如说是建立了与埃施/阿尔泽特相关的无形学生身份。这主要涉及年龄较大的国际学生，他们对学生毕业后的生活有更清晰的愿景，并考虑以埃施/阿尔泽特为家。焦点小组参与者经常提到校园缺失的元素，例如绿地或城市氛围，作为引导他们探索市中心的因素。