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Book SynopsisThe 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.
Trade Review"I believe that the book serves an important role in bringing this relatively marginalized area of psychology to broader audiences" (
Contemporary Psychology, Vol. 4, No.3; June 2004)
Table of ContentsSECTION 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 Structure of Environment and Behavior (J. Peponis & J.Wineman).
Behavioral-Based Architectural Programming (R. Hershberger).
Postoccupancy Evaluation: Issues and Implementation (C.Zimring).
SECTION IV: SHARPENING APPLICATION.
Making a Difference: Some Ways Environmental Psychology HasImproved the World (R. Gifford).
Bridging the Gap: How Scientists Can Make a Difference (F.Kuo).
Women and Environment (K. Franck).
Children's Environment (K. Korpela).
Design and Dementia (K. Day & M. Calkins).
Healthy Residential Environments (R. Lawrence).
Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED): Yes, No,Maybe, Unknowable, and All of the Above (R. Taylor).
Wayfinding: A Broad View (J. Carpman & M. Grant).
Work Environments (J. McCoy).
Environmental Psychology in Museums, Zoos, and Other ExhibitionCenters (S. Bitgood).
Climate, Weather, and Crime (J. Rotton & E. Cohn).
Noise Pollution: A Hazard to Physical and Mental Well-Being (A.Bronzaft).
The History and Future of Disaster Research (L. Peek & D.Mileti).
The Challenge of Increasing Proenvironment Behavior (E.Geller).
Emerging Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives onConservation Behavior (J. Vining & A. Ebreo).
Contamination: The Invisible Built Environment (M.Edelstein).
Environmental Conflict and Its Resolution (T. d'Estree, etal.).
A Methodology of Participatory Planning (L. Horelli).
Sustained Participation: A Community Based Approach to AddressingEnvironmental Problems (E. Wiesenfeld & E. Sanchez).
SECTION V: THE FUTURE.
Personal Space in a Digital Age (R. Sommer).
Toward an Environmental Psychology of the Internet (D. Stokols& M. Montero).
On to Mars! (R. Bechtel).
Author Index.
Subject Index.
