Environmental Problems and Human Behavior

Name: Environmental Problems and Human Behavior
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ISBN: 9780536686336

ISBN-10: 0536686335

ISBN-13: 9780536686336

Edition: 2nd 2002

Authors: Gerald T. Gardner, Paul C. Stern

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Description:

This book examines the behavioral dimensions of global and regional environmental problems such as the greenhouse effect, ozone depletion, deforestation, air pollution, and water pollution. The book asks: What does our knowledge of human behavior tell us about the root causes of environmental problems and about strategies for solving them?

Book details

List price: $109.80
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Pearson Learning Solutions
Publication date: 8/29/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 371
Size: 7.50" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Preface



The Earth's Environmental Problems and the Role of Human Behavior



Environmental Problems as Tragedies of the Commons



Religious and Moral Approaches: Changing Values, Beliefs, and Worldviews



Educational Interventions: Changing Attitudes and Providing Information



Changing the Incentives



Community Management of the Commons



Combining the Solution Strategies



Stone Age Genetic Behavioral Predispositions in the Space Age



Human Reactions to Environmental Hazards: Perceptual and Cognitive Processes



Choosing the Behaviors to Change and the Points of Intervention



Human Interactions with Complex Systems: "Normal" Accidents and Counterintuitive System Behavior



Human Interactions with Complex Systems: Chaos, Self-Organization, and the Global Environmental Future


References


Index