Grand Challenges in Environmental Psychology.

Patrik Sörqvist

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00583

Abstract

Grand Challenges in Environmental Psychology.

Highlights

Specialty section: This article was submitted to Environmental Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology
Environmental psychology is the subdiscipline of psychological science that deals with psychological processes engaged in encounters between people and the built and natural environment (Stern, 2000)
It covers all aspects of human behavior and mental life in relation to the sociophysical environment, whether considered as ambient environmental factors, specific behavior settings, the basic infrastructure of everyday life, or in a broader sense, with regard to landscape and the relationship between built and natural aspects of human environments

Summary

Introduction

Specialty section: This article was submitted to Environmental Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology. It covers all aspects of human behavior and mental life in relation to the sociophysical environment, whether considered as ambient environmental factors (e.g., noise, temperature, lighting), specific behavior settings (e.g., schools, offices, hospitals), the basic infrastructure of everyday life (e.g., energy and transportation systems), or in a broader sense, with regard to landscape and the relationship between built and natural aspects of human environments.

Results

Conclusion