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Environmental communication
About: Environmental communication is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1245 publications have been published within this topic receiving 25682 citations.
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TL;DR: This article argued that the environmental justice demanded by global environmental justice is really threefold: equity in the distribution of environmental risk, recognition of the diversity of the participants and experiences in affected communities, and participation in the political processes which create and manage environmental policy.
Abstract: While calls for ‘environmental justice’ have grown recently, very little attention has been paid to exactly what the ‘justice’ of environmental justice refers to, particularly in the realm of social movement demands. Most understandings of environmental justice refer to the issue of equity, or the distribution of environmental ills and benefits. But defining environmental justice as equity is incomplete, as activists, communities, and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) call for much more than just distribution. This essay examines how definitions beyond the distributive in these movements can help us develop conceptions of global environmental justice. The argument is that the justice demanded by global environmental justice is really threefold: equity in the distribution of environmental risk, recognition of the diversity of the participants and experiences in affected communities, and participation in the political processes which create and manage environmental policy. The existence of three differe...
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20 Feb 1987
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an overview of the roots and edges of the field of environmental psychology and its application in the design of indoor spaces, as well as a selection of design programs and post-occupancy evaluations.
Abstract: 1. The Nature and Scope of Environmental Psychology. What is Environmental Psychology? The Roots and Edges of Environmental Psychology. Theories and Approaches in Brief. Research Methods in Environmental Psychology. Environmental Psychology Today. 2. Environmental Perception and Cognition. Environmental Perception. Environmental Cognition. 3. Environmental Attitudes, Appraisals, and Assessments. Environmental Attitudes: Concern for Places. Environmental Appraisals: Personal Impression of Places. Environmental Assessments: Collective Judgments of Places. Two Observer-Based Environmental Assessments. 4. Personality and Environment. Apologia, Background, and Current Situation. Traditional Personality Dimensions. Environmental Personality Dimensions. Some Uses of Personality in Environmental Design. 5. Personal Space. What is Personal Space? Measuring Personal Space. Influences on Personal Space. Personal Space and Human Behavior. Theories of Personal Space. Personal Space and Environmental Design. 6. Territoriality. What is Territoriality? Measuring Territoriality. Influences on Territoriality. Territoriality and Human Behavior. Theories of Territoriality. Territoriality and Environmental Design. 7. Crowding. Crowding, Density, and Population. Influences on Crowding. High Density, Crowding, and Human Behavior. Theories of Crowding. Crowding and Environmental Design. 8. Privacy. What is Privacy? Measuring Privacy. Influences on Privacy. Privacy and Human Behavior. Theories of Privacy. Privacy and Environmental Design. 9. Residential Environmental Psychology. What is Home? An Organizing Framework. Residential Preference, Choice, and Satisfaction. Environment and Behavior in the Residence. Stress and Well-Being in the Residence. Residential Mobility. Residential Environmental Design. 10. Community Environmental Psychology. Life in the City: Great or Awful? What Is a Neighborhood? Neighborhood Satisfaction and Attachment. Community Urbanization and Stress. Anti-Social Behavior in the Community Environment. Helpfulness in the Community Environment. Everyday Behavior in the Community Environment. The Environmental Psychology of Shopping. Community Environmental Design. 11. Educational Environmental Psychology. The Setting as a Whole. Interior Architecture and Design. Noise. Light and Color. Climate. Space. Environmental Competence. Learning and Environmental Design. 12. Workplace Environmental Psychology. Environmental Psychology on the Job. Travel: Getting Away to a New Environment. Work, Travel, and Environmental Design. 13. Natural Environmental Psychology. Extra-Terrestrial and Atmospheric Forces. Nature as a Restorative Agent. Natural (and Technological) Hazards. Nature, Environmental Hazards, and Environmental Design. 14. Managing Limited Resources. Resource Management as a Common Dilemma. What Influences Public Interest Resource Management? Theories of Social Dilemmas. Defection: Short-Term Self-Interest Behavior. Air Pollution: A Social Dilemma. Energy Conservation: A Social Dilemma. Recycling: A Social Dilemma. 15. Designing More Fitting Environments. Social Design. Social Research in the Design Process. Stages in the Design Process. A Selection of Design Programs and Postoccupancy Evaluations. Epilogue: Utopia versus Entopia. Appendix: Publications, Graduate Schools, and Organizations. References. Index. Publications. Graduate Schools. Professional Organizations. Name Index. Subject Index.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the impact of annual report environmental disclosures and environmental press releases as legitimation tools, and find that environmental legitimacy is significantly and positively affected by the quality of the economic-based segments of environmental disclosures.
Abstract: Using a direct measure of environmental legitimacy, we explore the impact of annual report environmental disclosures and environmental press releases as legitimation tools. The sample comprises North American firms (Canada and the United States). The results obtained show that environmental legitimacy is significantly and positively affected by the quality of the economic-based segments of annual report environmental disclosures and by reactive environmental press releases, but not by proactive press releases. Moreover, our results suggest that negative media legitimacy is a driver of environmental press releases but not of annual report environmental disclosures.
616 citations
TL;DR: Although this literature review suggests much progress has been made to incorporate and disseminate crisis risk communication principles into public health practice, and case studies suggest that public health workers have gained skills and experience, this emerging field still lacks in-depth evaluation of the effectiveness of event-specific crisis risk communications efforts.
Abstract: This review defines crisis risk communication, traces its origins to a number of applied fields, and then shows how basic principles have become incorporated into emergency preparedness and risk communication for public health. Literature from four different disciplines that inform crisis risk communications are reviewed. These are (a) environmental risk communication, (b) disaster management, (c) health promotion and communication, and (d) media and communication studies. Current curricula and training materials are briefly reviewed. Although this literature review suggests much progress has been made to incorporate and disseminate crisis risk communication principles into public health practice, and case studies suggest that public health workers have gained skills and experience, this emerging field still lacks in-depth evaluation of the effectiveness of event-specific crisis risk communication efforts.
540 citations
TL;DR: The main focus of environmental education programs has been to change environmental behavior through increasing environmental knowledge as discussed by the authors, however, as many environmental studies have failed to apply success-oriented methods to the real world.
Abstract: The main focus of environmental education programs has been to change environmental behavior through increasing environmental knowledge. As many environmental studies have failed to apply successfu...
538 citations