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.



Victor Counted is Director of COSORI Australia and Fellow of the School of Psychology at Western Sydney University. 
Richard G. Cowden is a social-personality psychologist and Psychology Research Associate at Harvard University.

Haywantee Ramkissoon is a Research Professor of Tourism Marketing at the University of Derby, UK, where she leads the visitor economy research group.