Energy and Material Resources

Introduction and Overview -- Concepts, Issues, and Methodological Problems -- Surveys: What They Can and Cannot Tell Energy Policymakers -- Poorly Thought-Out Values: Problems of Measurement -- A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Public Attitudes Toward Conservation and Energy Issues -- Empirical Studies -- Supply Versus Demand Energy Alternatives: Public Attitudes Toward Resource Conservation -- Risk Research and Its Relevance to Energy Planning -- Attitudes Toward the Future: Their Impact on Present Decisions -- Human Values and Pro-Environmental Behavior -- The Influence of Human Values on Conservation and Energy Shortage Beliefs -- The Use of Research Results by Policymakers -- Public Attitudes and Resource Conservation Policies -- The Use of Energy Survey Data in the Policy Process