中文摘要：

地方是一个充满意义的空间，地方理论从人的感觉、心理、社会文化、伦理道德等角度来认识人与地方之间的关系。社区是一个地方，社区意识与社区感等概念有着与地方理论概念相似性特征。本研究试图从以人文主义现象学为哲学基础的地方理论研究取向出发，探讨地方理论的基本内容，并以阳朔西街旅游社区为典型案例区，来探讨和分析其在社区应用研究中的重要意义。而且这对当前的“和谐社会”建设也具有重要的理论指导意义。

英文摘要：

Place is a space filled with meaning. Proceeding from senses, psychology, social culture, ethics, etc. , the place theory identifies the relationship between places and human being. Community is a place. Such concepts as awareness and sense of community have a lot in common with the concepts of the place theory. Based on humanities and phenomenology, this thesis exploits basic content of the place theory. Then taking the West Street tourism community at Yangshuo as an example, the author tries to analyse and discuss the significance of applying the theory into communities. This application study also sheds some lights on the current construction of harmonious society.