Environmental Problem Solving

Psychosocial Barriers to Adaptive Change
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-387-40297-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 239 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1010 g

Reihe: Springer Series on Environmental Management

Human influences create both environmental problems and barriers to effective policy aimed at addressing those problems. In effect, environmental managers manage people as much as they manage the environment. Therefore, they must gain an understanding of the psychological and sociopolitical dimensions of environmental problems that they are attempting to resolve. In Environmental Problem Solving, Alan Miller reappraises conventional analyses of environmental problems using lessons from the psychosocial disciplines. He combines the disciplines of ecology, political sociology and psychology to produce a more adaptive approach to problem-solving that is specifically geared toward the environmetal field. Numerous case studies demonstrate the practical application of theory in a way that is useful to technical and scientific professionals as well as to policy makers and planners. Alan Miller is Professor of Psychology at the University of New Brunswick.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Miller, Alan

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Umweltsoziologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Landschaftsplanung, Ländliche Planung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltsoziologie, Umweltpsychologie, Umweltethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Psychological Processes.- 3. Sociopolitical Dynamics.- 4. Conventional Problem Solving.- 5. Pluralistic Competition.- 6. Single Visions.- 7. Toward Adaptive Problem Solving.- 8. Prognosis.