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The psychology of environmentally sustainable behaviour: Fitting together pieces of the puzzle

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Abstract

This paper considers the main features of four general psychological approaches to the analysis of environmentally sustainable behavior (rational-economic, social dilemmas, attitude-behavior models, and applied behavioral analysis), and focuses on the problems inherent in applying each approach to this issue. It also details the utility of a holistic Social-Ecological Framework that I believe is useful for analyzing environmentally sustainable behavior. This approach draws on concepts from ecological psychology such as Gibson's (1979) notion of "affordances," and shows how such a method can account for and help us understand the limitations of traditional psychological approaches to environmentally sustainable behavior, and provides a general guiding framework for the formulation of environmental policy decisions and intervention programs.

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Author(s): Kurz T

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Analysis of Social Issues and Public Policy

Year: 2002

Volume: 2

Issue: 1

Pages: 257-278

ISSN (print): 1529-7489

ISSN (electronic): 1530-2415

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-2415.2002.00041.x

DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2002.00041.x

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