“…From Simmel's perspective, this indifference, which is reflected in the reserved personality of individuals in the urban environment, can also be manifested in the loss of attachment to the community and living environment. Despite this and other traditional views on urbanization, Theodori and Luloff (2000) argue that it is primarily Wirth's theory that defines the effects of the urban environment on individuals and their connectivity (see Wirth, 1938;Fischer, 1972;Christenson, 1979). According to Wirth (1938), the size, density and heterogeneity of the urban population are the characteristics that lead to weaker family ties, the replacement of primary contacts with secondary ones, a smaller emphasis on the social importance of the local community and, in this sense, a deterioration and loss of attachment with the community and hence a lower level of attachment to the individual's living environment compared to the countryside (Wirth, 1938;Fischer, 1972;Christenson, 1979).…”