Environmental Psychology
An Introduction
Published on 13. April 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
398 pages
978-0-470-97638-8 (ISBN)
Description
Environmental Psychology: An Introduction offers a research-based introduction to the psychological relationship between humans and their built and natural environments and discusses how sustainable environments can be created to the benefit of both people and nature
* Explores the environment's effects on human wellbeing and behaviour, factors influencing environmental behaviour and ways of encouraging pro-environmental action
* Provides a state-of-the-art overview of recent developments in environmental psychology, with an emphasis on sustainability as a unifying principle for theory, research and interventions
* While focusing primarily on Europe and North America, also discusses environmental psychology in non-Western and developing countries
* Responds to a growing interest in the contribution of environmental psychologists to understanding and solving environmental problems and promoting the effects of environmental conditions on health and wellbeing
* Explores the environment's effects on human wellbeing and behaviour, factors influencing environmental behaviour and ways of encouraging pro-environmental action
* Provides a state-of-the-art overview of recent developments in environmental psychology, with an emphasis on sustainability as a unifying principle for theory, research and interventions
* While focusing primarily on Europe and North America, also discusses environmental psychology in non-Western and developing countries
* Responds to a growing interest in the contribution of environmental psychologists to understanding and solving environmental problems and promoting the effects of environmental conditions on health and wellbeing
Reviews / Votes
This book is an interesting change from the usual run of introductions to environmental psychology. It deals interesting and thoroughly with a wide range of issues, and generally the many authors present their views and accounts of research in a clear and easy-to-follow manner. (Psychology Learning & Teaching, 1 November 2013)More details
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Persons
Linda Steg is professor of Environmental Psychology at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. She has written extensively on factors influencing environmental behaviour, effects and acceptability of environmental policies, and the impact of environmental conditions on quality of life. She is the current president of the Environmental Psychology Division at the International Association of Applied Psychology.
Agnes E. Van den Berg is an environmental psychologist, specialising in research on people's responses to natural environments. She has published in both the academic and popular press on topics such as landscape preferences, health benefits of nature, children and nature and evidence-based design of healing environments. She has worked at Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands in a variety of roles for 15 years and has recently been appointed as a special professor of landscape perception at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
Judith I. M. de Groot is a senior lecturer in Applied Psychology at Bournemouth University, UK. She received her PhD at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Her research interests include explaining and changing pro-environmental behaviours, with a focus on how values and norms affect pro-environmental behaviour.
Agnes E. Van den Berg is an environmental psychologist, specialising in research on people's responses to natural environments. She has published in both the academic and popular press on topics such as landscape preferences, health benefits of nature, children and nature and evidence-based design of healing environments. She has worked at Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands in a variety of roles for 15 years and has recently been appointed as a special professor of landscape perception at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
Judith I. M. de Groot is a senior lecturer in Applied Psychology at Bournemouth University, UK. She received her PhD at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Her research interests include explaining and changing pro-environmental behaviours, with a focus on how values and norms affect pro-environmental behaviour.
Content
1 Environmental psychology: History, scope and methods 1
PART I ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND WELL-BEING 13
2 Environmental risk perception 15
3 Environmental stress 27
4 Scenic beauty: Visual landscape assessment and human landscape perception 37
5 Health benefits of nature 47
6 Restorative environments 57
7 Ambivalence towards nature and natural landscapes 67
8 Human dimensions of wildlife 77
9 Appraisals of built environments and approaches to building design that promote well-being and healthy behaviour 87
10 Urban environmental quality 97
11 Environment and quality of life 107
12 How cues in the environment affect normative behaviour 119
PART II FACTORS INFLUENCING ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR 129
13 Measuring environmental behaviour 131
14 Values and pro-environmental behaviour 141
15 Social norms and pro-environmental behaviour 153
16 Affective and symbolic aspects of environmental behaviour 165
17 Social dilemmas: Motivational, individual and structural aspects influencing cooperation 175
18 Models to explain environmental behaviour 185
19 Yesterday's habits preventing change for tomorrow? The influence of automaticity on environmental behaviour 197
20 Environmental psychology in Latin America 211
PART III ENCOURAGING PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR 221
21 Informational strategies to promote pro-environmental behaviour: Changing knowledge, awareness and attitudes 223
22 Encouraging pro-environmental behaviour with rewards and penalties 233
23 Persuasive technology to promote pro-environmental behaviour 243
24 Acceptability of environmental policies 255
25 Processes of change 267
26 Simulating social environmental systems 281
27 Environmental issues in developing countries 293
28 Conclusion: Summary, trends and future perspectives in environmental psychology 303
References 315
Glossary 355
Index 371
PART I ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND WELL-BEING 13
2 Environmental risk perception 15
3 Environmental stress 27
4 Scenic beauty: Visual landscape assessment and human landscape perception 37
5 Health benefits of nature 47
6 Restorative environments 57
7 Ambivalence towards nature and natural landscapes 67
8 Human dimensions of wildlife 77
9 Appraisals of built environments and approaches to building design that promote well-being and healthy behaviour 87
10 Urban environmental quality 97
11 Environment and quality of life 107
12 How cues in the environment affect normative behaviour 119
PART II FACTORS INFLUENCING ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR 129
13 Measuring environmental behaviour 131
14 Values and pro-environmental behaviour 141
15 Social norms and pro-environmental behaviour 153
16 Affective and symbolic aspects of environmental behaviour 165
17 Social dilemmas: Motivational, individual and structural aspects influencing cooperation 175
18 Models to explain environmental behaviour 185
19 Yesterday's habits preventing change for tomorrow? The influence of automaticity on environmental behaviour 197
20 Environmental psychology in Latin America 211
PART III ENCOURAGING PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR 221
21 Informational strategies to promote pro-environmental behaviour: Changing knowledge, awareness and attitudes 223
22 Encouraging pro-environmental behaviour with rewards and penalties 233
23 Persuasive technology to promote pro-environmental behaviour 243
24 Acceptability of environmental policies 255
25 Processes of change 267
26 Simulating social environmental systems 281
27 Environmental issues in developing countries 293
28 Conclusion: Summary, trends and future perspectives in environmental psychology 303
References 315
Glossary 355
Index 371