Environmental problems and human behavior / Gerald T. Gardner, Paul C. Stern.
Material type: TextPublication details: Boston, MA : Pearson Custom Pub., c2002.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xv, 371 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0536686335
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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.