ABSTRACT
Place attachment, the cognitive-emotional bond that develops between individuals and their important places, is a common and possibly universal phenomenon. Risk mitigation and prevention actions are closely associated with risk perceptions. Place attachment has also moderated the relation between flood risk perception and preparedness, such that strongly attached residents reported less intention to take preventive action than did less attached residents when flood risk perception was high. Place stewardship is a key behavioral outcome of place attachment. It refers to the inclination to safeguard and maintain a place of attachment, and also to preserve meanings associated with the place. Place attachment could improve psychological states, or, psychological well-being could cause increased levels of place attachment. Place attachment and place identity appear to support resilience through continuity. Place has been proposed as a key navigational framework in the reorientation after a disaster, whereby individuals attempt to reconstruct their identities in response to the material and symbolic changes in their environment.
