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9780536686336

Environmental Problems and Human Behavior

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  • ISBN13:

    9780536686336

  • ISBN10:

    0536686335

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-08-29
  • Publisher: Pearson Learning Solutions

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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?

Table of Contents

Preface
The Earth's Environmental Problems and the Role of Human Behaviorp. 1
Environmental Problems as Tragedies of the Commonsp. 21
Religious and Moral Approaches: Changing Values, Beliefs, and Worldviewsp. 33
Educational Interventions: Changing Attitudes and Providing Informationp. 71
Changing the Incentivesp. 95
Community Management of the Commonsp. 125
Combining the Solution Strategiesp. 153
Stone Age Genetic Behavioral Predispositions in the Space Agep. 175
Human Reactions to Environmental Hazards: Perceptual and Cognitive Processesp. 205
Choosing the Behaviors to Change and the Points of Interventionp. 253
Human Interactions with Complex Systems: "Normal" Accidents and Counterintuitive System Behaviorp. 277
Human Interactions with Complex Systems: Chaos, Self-Organization, and the Global Environmental Futurep. 317
Referencesp. 345
Indexp. 359
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