Explorations in Place Attachment

Jeffrey S. Smith is an Associate Professor of Geography at Kansas State University, USA.

• Introduction: Putting PLACE Back in Place Attachment Research. Jeffrey S. Smith.Part I. Secure Places. 1. Influence of Memory on Post-Resettlement Place Attachment. Michael Strong. 2. Hazardscapes: Perceptions of Tornado Risk and the Role of Place Attachment in Central Oklahoma. Randy A. Peppler, Kimberly E. Klockow, and Richard D. Smith Part II. Socializing Places. 3. Constructing Sense of Place through Place-Labelization in Rural France. Hélène B. Ducros. 4. Exploring Place Attachment and a Sense of Community in the Chacarita of Asuncion, Paraguay. Jeffrey S. Smith Part III. Transformative Places 5. Making Place through the Memorial Landscape. Chris W. Post. 6. Exploring Place Attachment and the Immigrant Experience in Comics and Graphic Novels: Shaun Tan’s The Arrival. Steven M. Schnell Part IV. Restorative Places 7. Constructing Place Attachment in Grand Teton National Park. Yolonda Youngs. 8. Visitor Perception, Place Attachment, and Wilderness Management in the Adirondack High Peaks Tyra A. Olstad Part V. Validating Places 9. Baseball Stadiums and Urban Reimaging in St. Louis: Shaping Place and Placelessness Douglas A. Hurt. 10. Avant-Garde, Wannabe Cowboys: Place Attachment among Bohemians, Beatniks, and Hippies in Virginia City, Nevada Engrid Barnett. 11. Lost in Time and Space: The Impact of Place Image on Pitcairn Island Christine K. Johnson Part VI. Vanishing Places12. Rethinking Fountainbridge: Honoring the Past and Greening the Future Geoffrey L. Buckley. 13. Landscapes of Recovery: Shifting Sense of Place Attachment in Kesennuma, Japan Rex "RJ" Rowley. Epilogue Methodologies of Place Attachment Research Paul C. Adams