@article{ref1,
title="Solastalgia: living with the environmental damage caused by natural disasters",
journal="Prehospital and disaster medicine",
year="2014",
author="Warsini, Sri and Mills, Jane and Usher, Kim",
volume="29",
number="1",
pages="87-90",
abstract="Forced separation from one's home may trigger emotional distress. People who remain in their homes may experience emotional distress due to living in a severely damaged environment. These people experience a type of 'homesickness' similar to nostalgia because the land around them no longer resembles the home they knew and loved. What they lack is solace or comfort from their home; they long for the home environment to be the way it was before. &quot;Solastalgia&quot; is a term created to describe feelings which arise in people when an environment changes so much that it negatively affects an individual's quality of life. Such changed environments may include drought-stricken areas and open-cut mines. The aim of this article is to describe how solastalgia, originally conceptualized as the result of man-made environmental change, can be similarly applied to the survivors of natural disasters. Using volcanic eruptions as a case example, the authors argue that people who experience a natural disaster are likely to suffer from solastalgia for a number of reasons, which may include the loss of housing, livestock and farmland, and the ongoing danger of living in a disaster-prone area. These losses and fears challenge people's established sense of place and identity and can lead to feelings of helplessness and depression. Warsini S , Mills J , Usher K . Solastalgia: living with the environmental damage caused by natural disasters. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2014:29(1);1-4 .<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1049-023X",
doi="10.1017/S1049023X13009266",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X13009266"
}