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Informationen zum Autor ROBERT B. BECHTEL is Professor of Environmental Psychology at theUniversity of Arizona in Tucson and Editor of the journalEnvironment and Behavior. ARZA CHURCHMAN is Associate Professor at the Technion in Haifa,Israel, and past president of the International Association for theStudy of People and Their Physical Surroundings. Klappentext An international team of leading scholars explores the latest theories, research, and applications critical to environmental psychology Featuring the latest research and concepts in the field straight from the world's leading scholars and practitioners, Handbook of Environmental Psychology provides a balanced and comprehensive overview of this rapidly growing field. Bringing together contributions from an international team of top researchers representing a myriad of disciplines, this groundbreaking resource provides you with a pluralistic approach to the field as an interdisciplinary effort with links to other disciplines. Addressing a variety of issues and practice settings, Handbook of Environmental Psychology is divided into five organized and accessible parts to provide a thorough overview of the theories, research, and applications at the forefront of environmental psychology today. Part I deals with sharpening theories; Part II links the subject to other disciplines; Part III focuses on methods; Part IV highlights applications; and Part V examines the future of the field. Defining the ongoing revolution in thinking about how the environment and psychology interact, Handbook of Environmental Psychology is must reading for anyone coping directly with the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that are destroying our environment and putting our lives in jeopardy. Topics include: Healthy design Restorative environments Links to urban planning Contaminated environments Women's issues Environments for aging Climate, weather, and crime The history and future of disaster research Children's environments Personal space in a digital age Community planning Zusammenfassung The Handbook of Environmental Psychology defines the ongoing revolution in thinking about how the environment and psychology interact. Divided into four parts! it outlines various models! methodological issues! implementation in numerous settings! the role of technology in the field! and the trends to watch. Inhaltsverzeichnis SECTION I: SHARPENING THEORIES. The Increasing Contexts in the Study of Environment BehaviorRelations (S. Wapner & J. Demick). The Ethical Imperative (L. Rivlin). Environmental Psychology: From Spatial-Physical Environment toSustainable Development (M. Bonnes & M. Bonaiuto). Environmental Management: A Perspective from EnvironmentalPsychology (E. Pol). The New Environmental Psychology: The Human InterdependenceParadigm (T. Garling, et al.). The Phenomenological Approach to People-Environment Studies (C.Graumann). Ecological Psychology: Historical Contexts, Current Conception,Prospective Directions (A. Wicker). SECTION II: SHARPENING LINKS TO OTHER DISCIPLINES. Exploring Pathology: Relationships between Clinical andEnvironmental Psychology (K. Anthony & N. Watkins). Environmental Anthropology (E. Liebow). Environmental Sociology (R. Dunlap). Environmental Psychophysiology (R. Parsons & L.Tassinary). Environmental Psychology and Urban Planning: Where Can the TwainMeet? (A. Churchman). SECTION III: SHARPENING METHODS. Transactionally Oriented Research: Examples and Strategies (C.Werner, et al.). Meta-Analysis (A. Stamps). The Experience Sampling Method: Measuring the Context and Contentof Lives (J. Hektner & M. Csikszentmihalyi). The Open Door of GIS (R. Golledge). Structural Equation Modeling (V. Corral-Verdugo). Spatial Structu...
