Attachment to place and the rural urban dichotomy in Sri Lanka : a theoretical exploration

Abstract

It is believed that rural places and urban places by nature are specific "worlds' where totally different socio-geographical transactions exist which have implications for social and psychological behaviour of their inhabitants. To understand what people do and how, requires an understanding of the "where" dimension of those actions, and indeed specific historical and cultural situations of such places. Attachment to place is considered an undeniable underlay of this transaction. This paper attempts to discuss the rural urban dichotomy from the point of view of attachment to places.