Book recommendation: Environment & behavior

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Book recommendation: Environment & behavior

G. T. Gardner & P. C. Stern (2002).  Environmental Problems and Human Behavior (2nd ed). Boston: Pearson Custom Publishing. 

http://www.pearsoncustom.com/custom-publications/environmental-problems-and-human-behavior-2e

Surprisingly current, despite its age. Many of the stats on energy use are dated, and the book (of course) misses the most current research on behavioral interventions. Still, it offers a highly useful theoretical framework and a sober (but not pessimistic) assessment of the likely effects of individual and collective actions to address environmental problems. I especially recommend Chapter 10, Choosing the behaviors to change and the points of intervention, which emphasizes the important distinction between upstream (efficiency-oriented) and downstream (curtailment-oriented) strategies for conservation actions. This chapter also presents comparative info on energy use per sector of the economy, and estimates of the effects on household energy use of efficiency and curtailment actions.  

 

 

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