Book Review: Oxford Handbook of Environmental and Conservation Psychology

Editor:  Susan D. Clayton, PhD Publisher: Oxford University Press – 700 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram To many, the term ‘environmental psychology’ is likely very new.  So is probably ‘conservation psychology’ but you will be surprised to learn that the former is a well-established field and the latter already has a history, although much more recent. Environmental psychology studies the ways in which people perceive and respond to the physical environment, whereas conservation psychology is a body of knowledge, derived from psychological research, which focuses on protecting the natural environment.  The two fields are interdependent and related, perhaps...

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