Psychological Theories for Environmental Issues Ethnoscapes Series

Environmental psychology is an increasingly important area of research, focusing on the individual and social factors responsible for many critical human responses to the physical environment. With such rapid and widespread growth, the main theoretical strands have often been left unclear and their scientific and practical implications have been underdeveloped. This essential and stimulating book contextualizes and critically analyzes the main theoretical ideas. It compares the different theories, assessing each one's possibilities and limitations, and demonstrates how each approach has been used for the development of knowledge of environmental psychology. The research area infiltrates a broad selection of disciplines, including psychology, architecture, planning, geography, sociology, environmental issues, economics and law. It also offers significant contributions to a wide range of policy evaluations. It will prove invaluable to academics and practitioners from across these disciplines, above all those in planning, environmental studies, human geography and psychology.

Contents: Theory and practice in environmental psychology - an introduction, Mirilia Bonnes, Terence Lee and Marino Bonaiuto; Schema theory and the role of socio-spatial schemata in environmental psychology, Terence Lee; Cognitive processes theories and environmental issues, Maria Rosa Baroni; Perception theories and the environmental experience, Paulo Bonaiuto, Anne Maria Giannini and Valeria Biasi; Theory of attachment and place attachment, Maria Vittoria Giuliani; Understanding proenvironmental attitudes and behavior: an analysis and review of research based on the theory of planned behavior, Henk Staats; Identity theories and environmental psychology, Clare Twigger-Ross, Marino Bonaiuto and Glynis Breakwell; Rhetorical approach and discursive psychology: the study of environmental discourse, Antonio Aiello and Marino Bonaiuto; Subject index; Author index.

Mirilia Bonnes, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, Rome, Italy. Marino Bonaiuto, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, Rome, Italy. Terence Lee, School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, UK.