Environmental Psychology: An Introduction

Linda Steg · Agnes E. van den Berg · Judith I. M. de Groot

Apr 2012 · John Wiley & Sons

About this ebook

Environmental Psychology: An Introduction offers aresearch-based introduction to the psychological relationshipbetween humans and their built and natural environments anddiscusses how sustainable environments can be created tothe benefit of both people and nature

• Explores the environment's effects on human wellbeing andbehaviour, factors influencing environmental behaviour and ways ofencouraging pro-environmental action
• Provides a state-of-the-art overview of recent developments inenvironmental psychology, with an emphasis on sustainability as aunifying principle for theory, research and interventions
• While focusing primarily on Europe and North America, alsodiscusses environmental psychology in non-Western and developingcountries
• Responds to a growing interest in the contribution ofenvironmental psychologists to understanding and solvingenvironmental problems and promoting the effects of environmentalconditions on health and wellbeing

 

About the author

Linda Steg is professor of Environmental Psychology at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. She has written extensively on factors influencing environmental behaviour, effects and acceptability of environmental policies, and the impact of environmental conditions on quality of life. She is the current president of the Environmental Psychology Division at the International Association of Applied Psychology.

Agnes E. Van den Berg is an environmental psychologist, specialising in research on people's responses to natural environments. She has published in both the academic and popular press on topics such as landscape preferences, health benefits of nature, children and nature and evidence-based design of healing environments. She has worked at Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands in a variety of roles for 15 years and has recently been appointed as a special professor of landscape perception at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

Judith I. M. de Groot is a senior lecturer in Applied Psychology at Bournemouth University, UK. She received her PhD at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Her research interests include explaining and changing pro-environmental behaviours, with a focus on how values and norms affect pro-environmental behaviour.