User Behavior and Technology Development Shaping Sustainable Relatio
Environmental policy has long been determined by a dichotomy between technology and behavior. Some approaches stress the importance of technology and technological innovation, while others focus on behavioral change. Each approach has its limitations, how
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User Behavior and Technology Development Shaping Sustainable Relations Between Consumers and Technologies Peter-Paul Verbeek and Adriaan Slob (Eds.)
USER BEHAVIOR AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
ECO-EFFICIENCY IN INDUSTRY AND SCIENCE VOLUME 20 Series Editor: Arnold Tukker, TNO-STB, Delft, The Netherlands Editorial Advisory Board: Martin Charter, Centre for Sustainable Design, The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, Farnham, United Kingdom John Ehrenfeld, International Society for Industrial Ecology, New Haven, U.S.A. Gjalt Huppes, Centre of Environmental Science, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands Reid Lifset, Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, U.S.A. Theo de Bruijn, Center for Clean Technology and Environmental Policy (CSTM), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
User Behavior and Technology Development Shaping Sustainable Relations Between Consumers and Technologies
Edited by
Peter-Paul Verbeek University of Twente, Department of Philosophy, Enschede, The Netherlands and
Adriaan Slob TNO Built Environment and Geosciences, Delft, The Netherlands
In association with the sub-editors J.C. Brezet (part 3), W.A. Hafkamp (part 4), W.J.M. Heijs (part 1), and C.J.H. Midden (part 2)
A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN-10 ISBN-13 ISBN-10 ISBN-13
1-4020-4433-X (HB) 978-1-4020-4433-5 (HB) 1-4020-5196-4 (e-book) 978-1-4020-5196-8 (e-book)
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CONTENTS
PREFACE ............................................................................................... xv PART 1 Conceptual Frameworks for Analyzing Technology and Behavior Chapter 1 Adriaan Slob and Peter-Paul Verbeek TECHNOLOGY AND USER BEHAVIOR: An Introduction ...........................................................................................3 1. The intriguing interactions between technology and behavior ..................3 2. The need for an integrated approach ........................................................5 3. Theoretical perspectives ..........................................................................8 4. Research questions and outline of the book............................................ 11 References ................................................................................................12 Chapter 2 Albert G. Arnold and Petra Mettau ACTION FACILITAT
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