Handbook of Environmental Psychology and Quality of Life Research (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

This Handbook presents a broad overview of the current research carried out in environmental psychology which puts into perspective quality of life and relationships with living spaces, and shows how this original analytical framework can be used to understand different environmental and societal issues. Adopting an original approach, this Handbook focuses on the links with other specialties in psychology, especially social and health psychology, together with other disciplines such as geography, architecture, sociology, anthropology, urbanism and engineering. Faced with the problems of society which involve the quality of life of individuals and communities, it is fundamental to consider the relationships an individual has with his different living spaces. This issue of the links between quality of life and environment is becoming increasingly significant with, at a local level, problems resulting from different types of annoyances, such as pollution and noise, while, at a global level, there is the central question of climate change with its harmful consequences for humans and the planet. How can the impact on well-being of environmental nuisances and threats (for example, natural risks, pollution, and noise) be reduced? How can the quality of life within daily living spaces (home, cities, work environments) be improved? Why is it important to understand the psychological issues of our relationship with the global environment (climatic warming, ecological behaviours)? This Handbook is intended not only for students of various disciplines (geography, architecture, psychology, town planning, etc.) but also for social decision-makers and players who will find in it both theoretical and methodological perspectives, so that psychological and environmental dimensions can be better taken into account in their working practices.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life
Release date:	August 2016
First published:	2017
Editors:	Ghozlane Fleury-Bahi • Enric Pol • Oscar Navarro
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	574
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-31414-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Child & developmental psychology Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > Health psychology
LSN:	3-319-31414-9
Barcode:	9783319314143

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