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The Construction of Justice: A Case Study of Public Participation in Land Management

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Cvetkovich, G., & Earle, T. C. (1994). The construction of justice: A case study of public participation in land management. Journal of Social Issues, 50, 3, 161-178.
Productive, just management approaches are more likely to be developed on the basis of an understanding of how people make judgments of justice. We propose that acceptable (just)…

The Commons Dilemma as Metaphor: Memory, Influence, and Implications for Environmental Conservation

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Mio, J. S., Thompson, S. C., & Givens, G. H. (1993). The commons dilemma as metaphor: Memory, influence, and implications for environmental conservation. Metaphor and Symbolic Activity, 8, 1, 23-42.
Research on the commons dilemma has enjoyed much vigorous interest in the social psychological literature since Hardin's (1968) discussion of the dilemma as it relates to environm…

Predicting Protection: Scope of Justice and the Natural World

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Opotow, S. (1994). Predicting protection: Scope of justice and the natural world. Journal of Social Issues, 50, 3, 49-63.
Our attitudes and behavior toward the natural world depend on our scope of justice, the psychological boundary within which considerations of fairness and moral rules govern our c…

Intrinsic Satisfaction Derived from Office Recycling Behavior: A Case Study in Taiwan

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Lee, Y.-J., de Young, R. (1994). Intrinsic satisfaction derived from office recycling behavior: A case study in Taiwan. Social Indicators Research, 31, 1, 63-76.
Examined the dimensionality of intrinsic satisfaction (INS) and, using a path analysis technique, explored the causal relationships between INS and office recycling behavior (ORB)…

Lessons from Ryley: Community Involvement in Hazardous Waste. Notes on a Presentation to Canadian Federation of Municipalities

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Whitfield, D. H. (June 12, 1989). Lessons from Ryley: Community involvement in hazardous waste. Notes on a presentation to Canadian Federation of Municipalities. (pp. 1-11). Vancouver, British Columbia:
The citizens of Ryley (a village east of Edmonton) were the first known to have the courage to say yes to the concept of a hazardous waste treatment facility in their community. …

Balancing Personal Needs with Environmental Preservation: Identifying the Values that Guide Decisions in Ecological Dilemmas

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Axelrod, L. J. (1994). Balancing personal needs with environmental preservation: Identifying the values that guide decisions in ecological dilemmas. Journal of Social Issues, 50, 3, 85-104.
A taxonomy of values that specifies three domains (i.e., economic, social, and universal) was developed and used to explore the influence personal values have on peoples decisions…

Population, Resources, and Environment: Implications of Human Behavioral Ecology for Conservation

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Low, B. S., & Heinen, J. T. (1993). Population, resources, and environment: Implications of human behavioral ecology for conservation. Population and Environment: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 15, 1, 7-41.
Asserts that while humans have evolved to a state in which we can cause global extinction, we have not evolved to consider the global population our family. If human resource use …

Environmental Attitudes Conceptualized through Developmental Theory: A Qualitative Analysis

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Robbins, J. G., & Greenwald, R. (1994). Environmental attitudes conceptualized through developmental theory: A qualitative analysis. Journal of Social Issues, 50, 3, 29-47.
Women's attitudes toward the environment were explored in relation to Robert Kegan's  model of ego development, using a randomly selected sample of 27 women aged 40 to 49 from a M…

Siting a Fully Integrated Waste Management Facility in Alberta

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McQuaid-Cook, J., & Simpson, K. J. (1986). Siting a fully integrated waste management facility in Alberta. Hazardous Waste Management, 36, 9, 1031-1036.
The development of a special (hazardous) waste management system is well under way in Alberta, Canada, and completion of an integrated treatment and disposal facility near Swan Hi…

Using Verbal and Visual Prompts to Control Littering in High Schools

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Houghton, S. (1993). Using verbal and visual prompts to control littering in high schools. Educational Studies, 19, 3, 247-254.
Investigated the use of verbal and visual prompts to control litter behavior of students in 2 Western Australian high schools. 1,750 students participated in the study. Data were …

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