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1PhD Student, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
Journal of Emergency Management (Weston, Mass.)
|November 23, 2016
Summary
Understanding place attachment is crucial for disaster recovery. This review categorizes key factors influencing attachment, including demographics, socioeconomic status, spatial elements, and psychosocial aspects, to guide future research.
Area of Science:
- Social Sciences
- Environmental Psychology
- Disaster Management
Background:
- Disaster recovery is significantly influenced by residents' emotional connections to their environment.
- Existing literature highlights the importance of place attachment but lacks a synthesized framework for postdisaster contexts.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review and synthesize existing literature on the determinants of place attachment.
- To categorize these determinants into a structured framework for understanding postdisaster recovery.
Main Methods:
- Systematic literature review and synthesis of studies on place attachment.
- Categorization of identified determinants into demographic, socioeconomic, spatial, and psychosocial factors.
Main Results:
- Place attachment determinants were classified into four key categories: demographic (age, ethnicity, religion), socioeconomic (job status, education, property ownership), spatial (attachment to home, neighborhood, city, rural/urban areas), and psychosocial (mental health, community attachment).
Conclusions:
- A conceptual framework integrating demographic, socioeconomic, spatial, and psychosocial factors was developed.
- This framework aims to guide future research on place attachment in disaster recovery scenarios.
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