Environmental Psychology

Environmental Psychology deals with human-environment interactions as relationships between the physical-material and sociocultural outer world, as well as human experience and behavior. This fully revised second edition provides a well-structured, clearly understandable overview of the topics and developments of this increasingly significant sub-discipline of psychology and makes it clear that environmental psychology is a highly relevant field of research and application in the present and future.

List of contents

Environmental Psychology and its historical roots.- Environment-related perception and cognition.- Environmental burdens, stress, and health.- Landscape, weather, and climate.- Environmental risks and environmental disasters.- Space and built environment.- Values, environmental awareness, and sustainability.- Environmentally protective action.- Sustainable consumption.- Volunteering in environmental protection.- Environmental conflicts and environmental mediation.- Professionalization, design, and evaluation.

About the author

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Kals is a professor of social and organizational psychology at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.
Dr. Isabel T. Strubel is a lecturer at the chair of social and organizational psychology at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hellbrück is a retired professor of work, environmental, and health psychology at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.

Summary

Environmental Psychology deals with human-environment interactions as relationships between the physical-material and sociocultural outer world, as well as human experience and behavior. This fully revised second edition provides a well-structured, clearly understandable overview of the topics and developments of this increasingly significant sub-discipline of psychology and makes it clear that environmental psychology is a highly relevant field of research and application in the present and future.

Product details

• Authors: Jürge Hellbrück, Jürgen Hellbrück, Elisabeth Kals, Isabel T Strubel, Isabel T. Strubel
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Original title: Umweltpsychologie
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.04.2025
• EAN: 9783662707388
• ISBN: 978-3-662-70738-8
• No. of pages: 167
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 10 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 283 g
• Illustrations: XI, 167 p. 5 illus., 1 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Sustainability, Social Psychology, Community Psychology, Environmental Psychology, Sustainable Consumption, Cultural Psychology, Ecological Psychology, environmental conflicts, Environment-related Cognitions and Emotions, Urban and Spatial Planning, Volunteering in Environmental Protection, Environmentally Protective Action, Environmental Hazards and Risks, Psychology and Environment, Environmental Burdens, Environmental Mediation, Responsible Environmental Behavior, Urban and Living Environment