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* Topophilia-This particular phobia is characterized by relationships between human beings and their environment.

According to the author Tuan, " Beyond clothing, a person invests bits of his emotional life in his home, and beyond the home in his neighborhood.

To be forcibly evicted from one's home and neighborhood is to be stripped of a sheathing, which in its familiarity protects the human being from the bewilderments of the outside world ".

Topophilia is characterized by an individual ’ s attachment to their surroundings.

According to Tuan ( 1974 ) topophilic persons can view their environment as a symbol or a carrier for emotionally charged events causing a high level of topophilic sentiments.

These sentiments can therefore be origins for homesickness.