Place attachment is a key factor in understanding human-nature interactions; Research has shown that place attachment and its influence on environmental behaviour can be positive or negative based on local circumstances. With changing environments, as with climate change, a place-based understanding of place attachment is, therefore, critical to the success of local environmental efforts. Available quantitative and qualitative measures of place attachment can be difficult to translate to spatial planning. Map-based measures provide an operational bridge to spatial planning but cannot easily glean crucial local and personal contexts. This study combined participatory mapping with psychometric scales and interviews to explore place attachment along the East Coast of Tasmania. This integration of approaches provided critical context to findings that are necessary for successful place-based planning. Our results demonstrated that participants strongly identified with the region. Spatial data emphasised the importance of surrounding natural settings, especially protected areas and coastal landscapes, and the recreational, aesthetic, and biological values of these places, to their place attachment. Interviews suggested that interaction with these natural places is critical to participant's sense of self and well-being. Consequently, some individuals expressed dissatisfaction and sometimes opposition to management decisions that restricted their continued experience of natural places.

地方依恋是理解人与自然相互作用的关键因素；研究表明，地方依恋及其对环境行为的影响可以是积极的，也可以是消极的，具体取决于当地情况。因此，随着环境的变化，就像气候变化一样，对地方依恋的基于地方的理解对于当地环境努力的成功至关重要。现有的地方依恋的定量和定性测量可能很难转化为空间规划。基于地图的措施为空间规划提供了操作桥梁，但无法轻松收集重要的当地和个人背景。这项研究将参与式制图与心理测量量表和访谈相结合，探索塔斯马尼亚东海岸的地方依恋。这种方法的整合为成功的基于地点的规划所必需的发现提供了关键的背景。我们的结果表明，参与者对该地区有强烈的认同感。空间数据强调了周围自然环境的重要性，特别是保护区和沿海景观，以及这些地方的娱乐、美学和生物价值对其地方依恋的重要性。访谈表明，与这些自然场所的互动对于参与者的自我意识和幸福感至关重要。因此，一些人对限制他们继续体验自然场所的管理决策表示不满，有时甚至是反对。