Traditionally, place attachment has been used as an explanatory concept to analyze the relationship between people and where they live; their immediate physical surroundings, basically the home, neighbourhood or community. However, the limitations of studies into place attachment include the spatial restriction of the notion of place and the methodological approach used, based on questionnaires. In this respect, there are a few studies within environmental psychology about transnational attachment, i.e. the relationships that people establish, in contexts of movement across national borders (migration), with their countries of origin and their destination. The results illustrated and described in this paper show the multi-place character of eight immigrant families. It is suggested that the support networks of family and friends are key elements in the development and maintenance of transnational attachment.
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