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An ecological perspective on environmental decision-making

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Current research on environmental decision-makers at the professional and nonprofessional levels is reviewed. The potential utility of this research for achieving more adaptive man-environment relations in modern industrial societies is examined. A broader framework of research is suggested for viewing the antecedents and consequences of environmental decision-making from an ecological perspective. Mechanisms for promoting research on man-environment relations are considered. In particular, issues in the training of scientific man-power in this interdisciplinary field are discussed.

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This article was prepared while the author served as Senior Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Psychology at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1970–1971.

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Craik, K.H. An ecological perspective on environmental decision-making. Hum Ecol 1, 69–80 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01791281

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