Engaging the Public with Climate Change
Earthscan Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84407-928-5 (ISBN)
Written by practitioners and academics, the chapters combine theoretical perspectives with case studies and practical guidance, examining what works and what doesn't, and providing transferable lessons for future engagement approaches. Showcasing innovative thought and approaches from around the world, this book is essential reading for anyone working to foster real and lasting behavioural and social change.
Dr. Lorraine Whitmarsh is a Lecturer in Environmental Psychology at the University of Cardiff, UK. Dr. Saffron O'Neill is a Research Fellow in Climate Adaptation at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Dr. Irene Lorenzoni is a Lecturer in Environmental Politics and Governance at the University of East Anglia, UK. All three editors are affiliated to the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, UK.
Foreword
Susanne Moser, Independent Scholar, Susanne Moser Research & Consulting
Introduction: Opportunities and Barriers to Engaging Individuals with Climate Change
Part 1: Theories and Models.
1. Old habits and New Routes to Sustainable Behaviour
2. Carbon Budgets and Carbon Capability: Lessons from Personal Carbon Trading
3. Public Engagement in Climate Action: Policy and Public Expectations
4. Collective Self and Individual Choice: The Role of Social Comparisons in Promoting Public Engagement with Climate Change
5. Dismantling the Consumption-Happiness Myth: A Neuropsychological Perspective on the Mechanisms that Lock us in to Unsustainable Consumption
6. Public Engagement with Climate Adaptation: An Imperative for (and Driver Of) Institutional Reform?
7. Ecological Citizenship as Public Engagement
Part 2: Methods, Media and Tools
8. Engaging People in Saving Energy on a Large Scale: Lessons from the Programmes of the Energy Saving Trust in the UK
9. Keeping Up with the Joneses in the Great British Refurb: The Impacts and Limits of Social Learning in Eco-Renovation
10. Up-Scaling Social Behaviour Change Programmes: The Case of Ecoteams
11. The Role and Effectiveness of Governmental and Non-Governmental Communications in Engaging the Public with Climate Change
12. Communicating Energy Demand: Measurement, Display and the Language of Things
13. The Role of New Media in Engaging the Public with Climate Change
14. Low Carbon Communities: A Grassroots Perspective on Public Engagement
Conclusion: What have we Learnt and where do we go from Here?
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.11.2010 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 750 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84407-928-7 / 1844079287 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84407-928-5 / 9781844079285 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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