Psychology and environmental change
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Raymond S Nickerson
- ناشر : Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2003
- شابک / ISBN : 9780805840964
Description
Environmental Psychology -- Behavior as a Cause of Environmental Change -- Challenges for Applied Psychology -- Global Warming -- Acid Rain -- Air Pollution and Urban Smog -- Stratospheric Ozone Depletion -- Water Contamination and Depletion -- Deforestation -- Desertification -- Wetland Loss -- Decreasing Biodiversity -- Waste -- Toxic and Radioactive Waste -- Contamination from Industrial Accidents -- Natural Disasters -- Interdependence of Aspects -- Urgency of the Problem -- Behavior as a Cause of Environmental Change -- Inefficient Use of Energy -- Over Reliance on Fossil Fuels -- Over Reliance on Inefficient Transportation -- Inefficient Use of Water -- Burning of Tropical Forests -- Practice of Nonsustainable Agriculture -- Nonsustainable Harvesting of Forests and Forest Products -- Overutilization of Other Natural Resources -- Destruction of Habitat -- Use of Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) -- Unnecessary Release of Toxic Materials -- Business Decisions -- Unnecessary Waste Generation -- Improper Waste Disposal -- Excessive Consumption -- Failure to Consider Long-Term and Indirect Costs and Benefits -- Failure to Maintain and Repair -- Failure to Recycle -- Failure to Design for Maintainability, Repairability, Recyclability and Disposability -- Failure to Limit Population Growth -- Attitude Assessment and Change -- Attitude Assessment -- Measuring the Perceived Value of Environmental Resources -- Assessing Environmental Quality -- Attitudes Toward Animals -- Beliefs and Attitudes as Determinants of Behavior.
