Place and Post-Pandemic Flourishing : Disruption, Adjustment, and Healthy Behaviors

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 During a Pandemic: An Introduction Attachment Theory and Place: A Conceptual Clarification Multiple Domains of Place Attachment Emerging Place Dialectics During the COVID-19 Pandemic Emplacement–Displacement Inside–Outside Fixity–Flow Why Relationships with Place Matter in a Pandemic Structure of the Book References Part I: Place Attachment During a Pandemic Chapter 2: Place Attachment During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review Method Research Question Inclusion Criteria Literature Search Screening and Selection Data Extraction and Synthesis Results and Discussion Study Characteristics Summary of Findings Implications for Research and Practice Strengths and Limitations Conclusion References Chapter 3: Place Attachment and Resource Loss During a Pandemic: An Ecological Systems Perspective Conservation of Resources Theory and Principles Theory of Resource Loss Domains of Resource Loss Principles of Resource Loss Place Attachment Disruption and Resource Loss During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Separation from Significant Places and People in Place Place Attachment, Loss, and Recovery: Ecological Considerations During a Pandemic Ecological Propositions Associated with Place Attachment Disruption Proposition 1 Proposition 2 Proposition 3 Proposition 4 Conclusion References Chapter 4: Place Attachment and Suffering During a Pandemic Revisiting People-Place Relationships and Place Attachment Disruption Background on Suffering Place Attachment Disruption and Suffering Conclusion References Chapter 5: Protest, Despair, and Detachment: Reparative Responses to Place Attachment Disruptions During a Pandemic Background on Place Attachment Disruption Place Attachment Disruption During the COVID-19 Pandemic Disrupted Place Attachment at Multiple Spatial Domains During a Pandemic Reparative Responses to Place Attachment Disruption During a Pandemic Protest Despair Detachment Conclusion References Part II: Adjusting to Place Attachment Disruption During and After a Pandemic Chapter 6: Adapting to Place Attachment Disruption During a Pandemic: From Resource Loss to Resilience Psychological Distress of Place Attachment Disruption Rebounding from Resource Loss Mobilizing Religious/Spiritual Resources Building Religious/Spiritual Resources for Resilience Conclusion References Chapter 7: Transcending Place Attachment Disruption: Strengthening Character During a Pandemic Virtues and Character Strengths Pathways to Transcending Place Attachment Disruption: Gratitude, Hope, and Spirituality Gratitude Hope Spirituality Conclusion References Chapter 8: Pro-environmental Behavior, Place Attachment, and Human Flourishing: Implications for Post-pandemic Research, Theory, Practice, and Policy Pro-environmental Behavior as Planned Behavior From Pro-environmental Behavior to Place Attachment Place Attachment and Flourishing Fostering Place Flourishing After a Pandemic Identification Examination Design Evaluation Implications for Theory, Research, Policy, and Practice Theory Research Policy Practice Conclusion References Index