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Environmental problems and protection

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Dunlap, R. E. & Scarce, R. (1991). Environmental problems and protection. Public Opinion Quarterly, 55, 4, 651-672.
The last Public Opinion Quarterly report on the environment noted that "the issue of environmental protection has had its ups and downs [but] has been a persistent concern" (Gill…

The commons dilemma

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Edney, J. J. & Harper, C. S. (1978). The commons dilemma. Environmental Management, 2, 6, 491-507.
Whenever a short-term or local need in the exploitation of a scarce natural resource must be pitted against its long-term use or the needs of the larger community, the commons dil…

The Effects of Information in a Resource Management Problem: A Social Trap Analog

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Edney, J. J. & Harper, C. S. (1978). The effects of information in a resource management problem: A social trap analog. Human Ecology, 6, 4, 387-395.
A resource management simulation was devised in which players could harvest points for individual short-term gain, causing the premature destruction of the resource pool, or they …

Environmental Sociology

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Dunlap, R. E. & Catton, W. R. J. (1979). Environmental sociology. Annual Review of Sociology, 5, 243-273.

Paradoxes on the Commons: Scarcity and the Problem of Equality

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Edney, J. J. (1981). Paradoxes on the commons: Scarcity and the problem of equality. Journal of Community Psychology, 9, 1, 3-34.
Resource scarcities challenge the fundamental assumptions of a reward-oriented, egalitarian society because scarcity itself usually means some unequal allocation of the scarce g…

Predicting Attitudes to Oil and to Nuclear Energy

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Eiser, J. R., Spears, R., & Webley, P. (1988). Predicting attitudes to oil and to nuclear energy. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 8, 2, 141-147.
Assessed the attitudes of 480 adult residents of a small town in the UK toward a new nuclear power station and a new inshore oil drilling in their neighborhood. The proposed nucle…

Air Pollution and Human Behavior

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Evans, G. W., & Jacobs, S. V. (1981). Air pollution and human behavior. Journal of Social Issues, 37, 1, 95-125.
Reviews the literature on air pollution and behavior and presents an organizational structure that demonstrates gaps in the literature and lays an initial, conceptual framework fo…

Field Experiments in Litter Control

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Finnie, W. C. (1973). Field experiments in litter control. Environment and Behavior, 5, 2, 123-144.
Conducted field experiments in 3 cities to measure the effects of litter cans on the rate of littering. The measure of litter, a litter count, was based on size and type of litt…

Why Is it So Hard to Sell "Savings" as a Reason for Energy Conservation?

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Feldman, S. (1987). Why is it so hard to sell "savings" as a reason for energy conservation?. Energy Efficiency: Perspectives on Individual behavior, 27-40.

Nuclear Attitudes after Chernobyl: A Cross-National Study. Special Issue: Psychological Fallout from the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident

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Eiser, J. R., Hannover, B., Mann, L., Morin, M., et al. (1990). Nuclear attitudes after Chernobyl: A cross-national study. Special Issue: Psychological fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 10, 2, 101-110.
840 Ss from universities in Australia, England, France, West Germany, and the Netherlands completed a questionnaire during the month following the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 19…

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