Psychology and environmental change

Summary: This title focuses on ways in which human behaviour contributes to the problem of environmental change; deals with the assessment and change of attitudes; and proposes ways in which psychological research might contribute to the objective of making technology more environmentally benign.

Record details

ISBN: 9781135638917
ISBN: 1135638918
ISBN: 661389740X
ISBN: 9786613897404
ISBN: 6612326433
ISBN: 9786612326431
ISBN: 9781283584951
ISBN: 1283584956
ISBN: 9781282326439
ISBN: 1282326430
ISBN: 9780805840971
ISBN: 0805840974
ISBN: 9780805840964
ISBN: 0805840966
ISBN: 9781410606310
ISBN: 1410606317
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 318 pages)
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Publisher: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-287) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The Problem; 3. Behavior as a Cause or Environmental Change; 4. Attitude Assessment and Change; 5. Changing Behavior; 6. Technology Enhancement; 7. Substituting Resource-Light for Resource-Heavy Technologies; 8. Artifact Design and Evaluation; 9. Consumption, Consumerism, and Environmental Economics; 10. Risk and the Psychology of Prevention; 11. Cost-Benefit and Tradeoff Analyses; 12. Competition, Cooperation, Negotiation and Policymaking; 13. Concluding Comments; References; Author Index; Subject Index.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.