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Navigating Environmental Attitudes
Thomas A. Heberlein
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Description for Navigating Environmental Attitudes
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
The environment, and how humans affect it, is more of a concern now than ever. We are constantly told that halting climate change requires raising awareness, changing attitudes, and finally altering behaviors among the general public-and fast. New information, attitudes, and actions, it is conventionally assumed, will necessarily follow one from the other. But this approach ignores much of what is known about attitudes in general and environmental attitudes specifically-there is a huge gap between what we say and what we do. Solving environmental problems requires a scientific understanding of public attitudes. Like rocks in a swollen river, ... Read more
The environment, and how humans affect it, is more of a concern now than ever. We are constantly told that halting climate change requires raising awareness, changing attitudes, and finally altering behaviors among the general public-and fast. New information, attitudes, and actions, it is conventionally assumed, will necessarily follow one from the other. But this approach ignores much of what is known about attitudes in general and environmental attitudes specifically-there is a huge gap between what we say and what we do. Solving environmental problems requires a scientific understanding of public attitudes. Like rocks in a swollen river, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199773336
SKU
V9780199773336
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About Thomas A. Heberlein
Thomas A. Heberlein is Professor Emeritus, Department of Community and Environmental Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison and Visiting Professor, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Reviews for Navigating Environmental Attitudes
Though human dimensions specialists will appreciate such insights, the ideal audience for Heberlein's book would be wildlife professionals who have little exposure to sociology and/or social psychology, but who wish to gain a deeper understanding of these phenomena
and use that understanding for the benefit of natural resources.
Wildlife Professional
Heberlein's presentation of norms as the key to changing ... Read more
and use that understanding for the benefit of natural resources.
Wildlife Professional
Heberlein's presentation of norms as the key to changing ... Read more