Environment and Behavior: An Introduction

by Robert B. Bechtel

Overview

Unlike many books on the subject, which treat environmental psychology as a branch of psychology only, this comprehensive introduction takes a cross-disciplinary stance. Chapters cover such topics as: environmental engineering; biology; geography; architecture; evolutionary biology; sociology; clinical psychology and gerontology.

The author, taking a unified view of human-environment problems, includes many aspects of environmental studies and emphasizes the innovative thinking required to deal with environmental problems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803957954
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	01/06/1997
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	709
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Robert B. Bechtel received his Ph.D. in 1967 from the University of Kansas. Previous books are Enclosing Behavior and Methods in Environmental and Behavioral Research. He was president of the Environmental Research and Development Foundation (1974-1984) and has been a Professor at the University of Arizona since 1976. He is also the editor of the Sage journal Environment and Behavior. His environmental specialties include extreme climates, housing, and small communities, and he has worked on housing projects in Alaska, Australia, Canada, Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the U.S. He has worked with architects, engineers, landscape architects, government agencies, and private corporations, as well as with NASA and Biosphere II. His community service includes committees in the Presbyterian Church, as well as serving refugees from Central America and working with Habitat for Humanity.

Editorial Reviews

An introductory text to the relatively new field of environmental psychology providing a "kitchen sink" strategy to the many topics intersecting the field. Bechtel draws on his experiences as an instructor at Arizona State, intentionally leaving theory to the end of the volume and beginning with a concrete examination of the environmental issues facing students, then continuing to more conceptual areas of study that include environmental perception and aesthetics, the definitions of territorial behavior and crowding, and particular studies of habitats that affect humans from the work space to the housing project. Includes photographs and illustrations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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