Why good people do bad environmental things / Elizabeth R. DeSombre.
"Despite not wanting to create environmental problems, we all do so regularly in the course of living our everyday lives. Why do we behave in ways that cause environmental harm? It is often easy and inexpensive to behave in ways with bad environmental consequences, but more difficult and costly to take environmentally friendly actions. The incentives we face, some created by the nature of environmental resources, some by social and political structures, often do not make environmentally beneficial behavior the most likely choice. Furthermore, our behavior is conditioned by habits and social norms that fail to take environmental protection into consideration. In this book, Elizabeth R. DeSombre integrates research from political science, sociology, psychology, and economics to understand why bad environmental behavior makes perfect sense"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 0190636270
- ISBN: 9780190636272
- Physical Description: x, 252 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-247) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Understanding environmental behavior -- Problem characteristics -- Incentives -- Information -- Habits and other routines -- Attitudes and norms -- What to do about it. |
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Subject: | Environmental psychology. Environmental responsibility. Environmentalism > Psychological aspects. Nature > Effect of human beings on. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Legislative Library.
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Legislative Library, Vaughan Street | GE 195 Des (Text) | 36970100237991 | General Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |