Environmental Psychology

Overview

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

Details

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published

2012-04-30

Pages

376

Language

EN

Categories

Psychology / General, Psychology / Applied Psychology, Psychology / Mental Health, Psychology / Environmental Psychology, Science / Earth Sciences / Geography

ISBN-13

9780470976388