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Encouraging Environmentally Appropriate Behavior: The Role of Intrinsic Motivation
(Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., 1985)
Despite over a decade of intense research we know surprisingly little about what encourages people to adopt and maintain an ecologically compatible lifestyle. The purpose of this research was to understand the types of ...
Landscape Care: Perceptions of Local People in Landscape Ecology and Sustainable Development
(American Society of Landscape Architects, 1988)
An understanding of how people perceive their local landscapes is necessary to the holistic landscape concepts of landscape ecology and sustainable development. Local landscape perceptions are not likely to be limited to ...
Comparison of sleds versus plankton nets for sampling fish larvae and eggs
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1985-05)
Fish larvae and fish eggs were sampled from the inshore waters of eastern Lake Michigan from 1978 through 1980, using a benthic sled and a plankton net towed within 0.5 m of the lake bottom. Differences between estimates ...
Progressiveness Among Farmers as a Factor in Heterogeneity of Farmed Landscapes
(Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 1987)
Some perspectives on managing water demand: Public and expert views
(NRC Research Press, 1984)
An investigation was undertaken to explore two aspects of water demand management strategies. The first aspect involved comparing and contrasting the public's and expert's perceptions of various water demand management ...
Localization: General bibliography on decentralism
(1983)
This bibliography was begun in 1975 and has been added to in several revisions. Although it is still incomplete, it seems preferable to make it available in this form including some partial listings rather than to have it ...
Localization: Principles and techniques of decentralism
(1986)
An attempt to distill the arguments of major writers into a minimum number of common principles of localization and decentralism. And to identify a number of techniques especially appropriate to the creation and operation ...
Localization: Functional requisites of localized settlements
(1986)
Every social system must provision basic functions if the system is to thrive. These needs may be met at the system level where they are needed or through exchange with other levels or systems. The less provisioning that ...
Promoting Conservation Behavior in shared Spaces: The Role of Energy Monitors
(Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., 1989)
Public university buildings are fascinating if somewhat complicated behavior settings. Designed and managed for a broad range of users, these buildings present a challenge to those trying to promote energy conservation. ...