Main description:

This book rekindles the well-known connection between people and place in the context of a global pandemic. The chapters are divided into two sections. In the first section, "Place Attachment During a Pandemic," we review the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and the extent of its impact on place attachment and human-environment interactions. We examine how restrictions in mobility and environmental changes can have a significant psychological burden on people who are dealing with the effect of place attachment disruption that arises during a pandemic. In the second section, "Adjusting to Place Attachment Disruption During and After a Pandemic," we focus on adaptive processes and responses that could enable people to adjust positively to place attachment disruption. We conclude the book by discussing the potential for pro-environmental behavior to promote place attachment and flourishing in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic by introducing an integrative framework of place flourishing and exploring its implications for theory, research, policy, and practice.

Contents:

- Chapter 1: Place Attachment in the Aftermath of a Health Pandemic: An introduction

Part 1: DISPLACEMENT DURING A HEALTH PANDEMIC

- Chapter 2: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Displacement

- Chapter 3: Place Attachment and Displacement from a Public Health Perspective

- Chapter 4: Separation and Reunion in Relation to Place Attachment

Part 2: COPING WITH DISPLACEMENT

- Chapter 4: Psychosocial Coping Responses to Displacement During a Health Pandemic

- Chapter 5: Displacement and Suffering During A Health Pandemic: Implications for place-based coping responses

- Chapter 6: Displacement and Religious Coping After COVID-19

Part 3: PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIORS

- Chapter 11: Affective Attitudes Toward Place in a Post-Pandemic World

- Chapter 12: Social bonds and collective responses Post Covid-19

- Chapter 13: Place Attachment and pro-environmental behaviors in a Post-Pandemic New Normal