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This paper aims to stimulate debate around the development of a place‐based research review methodology. We present place‐based reviews as a potential source of support for wellbeing‐related local policymaking. Our introductory discussions highlight an ever‐growing need for insights about specific localities and a lack in resources—including time—for local policymakers to engage with research. Additionally, increasing demands for local insights have been driven by devolution shifts, which redistribute policymaking responsibilities to local authorities. Hence, we explore the challenges and opportunities that arise when places are considered in reviewing research relevant to wellbeing. We build a case study around two related places of different scale: Truro, a small cathedral city in the United Kingdom's Southwest; and Cornwall, the regional county that contains Truro. We use these places as search terms in combination with terms concerning health and social care (HSC) services. HSC services are included as a component of our case study, as the topic is a consistent concern for wellbeing‐related policies. In our findings, we report a lack of papers on our smaller scale of place (Truro). One might expect this outcome. Nonetheless, we reflect on current research practices and processes that might have further limited our ability to generate insights about Truro. Encouragingly, our findings on Cornwall demonstrate the potential of place‐based reviews in supporting local policymaking more broadly. We make initial judgements around knowledge gaps—including the exclusion of perspectives from certain groups and identities—and topological insights, that is, those that are relevant to Cornwall as a whole. Our discussions also consider how place‐based reviews can be enhanced via the retrieval and inclusion of non‐academic studies. Finally, key questions to induce debate on this subject are posed in the conclusion. We aim to induce debate around the development of a place‐based review methodology. Such reviews have the potential to be useful tools for local policymakers and the establishment of place‐based policies around wellbeing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Research on the societal dynamics of climate change adaptation has advanced during recent years from merely focusing on technical and economic factors to taking into consideration people's individual perspectives and personal values. Within this context a growing literature on the relationship between people's place attachment and climate change adaptation has emerged. This literature seeks to explain how individuals' relationships with the places in which they live influence current and potential future responses to climate change at the local scale. Nevertheless, critical limitations are evident in the conceptualisation of place and people-place relationships within this literature. In particular, differences between individual place constructions and their possible implications for landscape management are given insufficient attention. To address these shortcomings, we mobilise research on the societal construction of landscapes to uncover how actors in landscape management perceive 'their' places and changes to them. Drawing on qualitative interviews with key actors in landscape management in Cornwall ( UK), we present four contrasting narratives about local landscapes and climate change and highlight their potential implications for climate change adaptation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]