Human Behavior and Environmental Sustainability

Charles Vlek is professor emeritus of environmental psychology and decision research at the University of Groningen (NL). He is one of the founders of the European Research Conference on Subjective Probability, Utility and Decision Making (SPUDM). He co-organized the Dutch Societal Discussion on Energy Policy (1982/3) and participated in the Dutch Commission for Environmental Impacts Assessment (1986-'96). He has been an editor of Acta Psychologica and is a consulting editor for the Journal of Environmental Psychology. Since 2003 he chairs a national research program on human society and environmental quality.Linda Steg is lecturer in environmental psychology at the University of Groningen. Her research focuses on measuring, understanding and changing environmentally significant behavior, like household energy use and car use. She is president elect of Division 4 'Environmental Psychology', and treasurer of Division 13 'Traffic and Transportation Psychology' of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP). She coordinates the sustainability network of the International Association of People-Environment Studies (IAPS).

• INTRODUCTIONHuman Behavior and Environmental Sustainability: Problems, Driving Forces, and Research Topics 1 Charles Vlek and Linda Steg ENVIRONMENTAT RISK STRESS, ANDA NOYANCEJudgmental Discounting and Environmental Risk Perception: Dimensional Similarities, Domain Differe ses, and Implications for Sustainability 21 Alexander Gattig and Laurie HeralickxAnnoyance Caused by Environmental Noise: Elements for Evidence-Based Noise Policies 41Henk M.E. MiedemaEVALUATION OF URBAD ENVIRONMENT AND NATURE EXPERIENCESInhabitants' and Experts' Assessments of Environmental Quality for Urban Sustainability 59 Mirilia Bonnes, David Uzzell, Giuseppe Carrus, and Tanika KelayPreference for Nature in Urbanized Societies: Stress, Restoration, and the Pursuit of Sustainability 79Agnes E. van den Berg, Terry Hartig, and Henk StaatsBEHAVIORAL PROCESSES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MOTIVATIONSSimulating Human Behavior for Understanding and Managing Environmental Resource Use 97Wander Jager and Hans Joachim MoslerNormative, Gain and Hedonic Goal Frames Guiding Environmental Behavior 117 Siegwart Lindenberg and Linda StegENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR CHANGE AND TECHNOLOGYTravel Demand Management Targeting Reduced Private Car Use: Effectiveness, Public Acceptability and Political Feasibility 139lommy Garling and Geertje SchuitemaTechnology's Four Roles in Understanding Individuals Conservation of Natural Resources 155Cees J. H. Midden, Florian G. Kaiser, and L. Teddy Mc ColleyMULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND THE PECURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGYPractice and Outcomes of Multidisciplinary Research for Environmental Sustainability 175Anton J. M. Schoot Uiterkamp and Charles KekEnvironmental Psychology and Sustainable Development: Expansion, Maturation, and Challenges 199Robert Gifford2006 SPSSI PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSIntroduction to Maybeth Shin sPSt Presidential Address Kay DeauxWaltzing with a Monster: Bringing Research to Bear on Public Policy 215Marybeth Shinn