Recreation homes in natural settings: factors affecting place attachment

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Studies of place attachment constitute an emerging field of research bridging the disciplines of geography and environmental psychology. The question of how people become attached to places is an issue within the broader theme of how place meanings are created. Place attachment involves complex relationships between humans and their environment, and includes study of the nature of psychological processes, the role of place attributes, and the temporal and spatial structure of people-place interactions. More specifically, forming attachment to places entails creating affective bonds between people and places. However, few studies of place attachment consider how people become attached to leisure environments. Improved knowledge about attachment to leisure settings requires understanding of how place meanings are created. This study explores the concept of place attachment and some of the factors affecting attachment to natural environments among a sample of recreation home owners in the Langmorkje commons in southeast Norway. The effects of sociodemographic characteristics, experience use history, and varying geographic scales on the strength of place attachment are examined.

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