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Environmental problems and human behavior / Gerald T. Gardner, Paul C. Stern.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, MA : Pearson Custom Pub., c2002.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xv, 371 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0536686335
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Contents:
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.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
3 Day Loan Thurles Library Short Loan 155.9 GAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 0 Available 30026000003011
Standard Loan Thurles Library Main Collection 155.9 GAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 30026000003003

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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?

Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-360) and index.

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.

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