| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 318 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-287) and indexes. |
| Contents |
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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Environmental psychology.
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Environmental psychology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nickerson, Raymond S. Psychology and environmental change. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2003 0805840966 0805840974 (DLC) 2002024585 (OCoLC)49942607 |
| ISBN |
1410606317 (electronic book) |
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9781410606310 (electronic book) |
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0805840966 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780805840964 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0805840974 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780805840971 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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