The Psychology of Global Environmental Change: Some Basic Data and an Agenda for Cooperative International Research
- 1 October 1991
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Psychology
- Vol. 26 (5) , 547-563
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00207599108247143
Abstract
In the first part of this paper existing evidence (mostly from earth and atmospheric sciences) on global climatic changes and their dependence (and effect) upon human action is briefly reviewed. Reference is made to existing major international programmes of research focusing on these climatic changes. The main part of the paper concentrates on the study of global change within the framework of the social sciences. Five psychological characteristics of global environmental change are explained which would account for the human inability to respond adequately without the supportive means of information presentation and processing. Future research on psychological dimensions of global change should explore these in greater detail and study modes of social communication that will become instrumental in implementing such support systems.Keywords
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