“…Several scholars have studied the connection between people and place (Altman & Low, 1992;Guiliani, 2003;Hidalgo & Hernandez, 2001;Lewicka, 2010;Mazumdar & Mazumdar, 1993, 2004, 2009aProshansky, Fabian, & Kaminoff, 1983;Relph, 1976;Scannell & Gifford, 2010;Tuan, 1974) leading to the formulation of such concepts as sense of place, place identity, place meaning and place attachment. The literature teaches that places are "profound centres of human existence" (Relph, 1976:43), deeply steeped in meaning and sentiment (Lofland, 1998), with the capacity to evoke that which is special (Sheldrake, 2001).…”