Behavioral and social aspects of energy consumption and production : preliminary report / Committee on Behavioral and Social Aspects of Energy Consumption and Production, Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Committee on Behavioral and Social Aspects of Energy Consumption and Production.

Contributor:

Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy conservation--Social aspects.

Energy conservation.

Energy consumption--Social aspects.

Energy consumption.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (72 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press ; Springfield, Va. : National Technical Information Service, 1982.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Behavioral and Social Aspects of Energy Consumption and Production: Preliminary Report""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""AREAS OF CONTRIBUTION OF THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES TO ENERGY POLICY""; ""POSSIBLE AREAS OF CONTRIBUTION""; ""Consumer Response to Incentives""; ""Consumer Response to Information""; ""Attitudes, Social Interactions, and Energy Consumption""; ""Energy Use and Social Values""; ""Energy Conservation in Rented Buildings""; ""Energy Conservation by Organizational Consumers""; ""Distributional Implications of Energy Policies""

""Major Changes in the Economy""""Organization of Production and Investment""; ""Local Energy Initiatives and Responses""; ""Response to an Energy Emergency""; ""Consumer Options in an Energy Crisis""; ""Administration of Scarcity""; ""TOPICS SELECTED FOR DETAILED STUDY BY THE COMMITTEE""; ""The Behavior of Energy Consumers""; ""Local Actions to Provide Energy Services""; ""Preparation and Response in Energy Emergencies""; ""ENERGY CONSUMERS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT""; ""THE ENERGY CONSUMER""; ""Five Models of Consumer Behavior""; ""Energy Consumer as Investor""; ""Energy Consumer as Consumer""

""Energy Consumer as Member of a Social Group""""Energy Consumption as Expression of Personal Values""; ""Energy Consumer as Problem Avoider""; ""Implications""; ""Interpersonal Influence and Imitation""; ""The Momentum of Past Behavior""; ""Personal Values and Norms""; ""THE ENVIRONMENT OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION""; ""Energy Unawareness and Energy Invisibility""; ""Problems of Energy Information""; ""Lack of Consensus""; ""Conflicting Information""; ""Diversity of Consumers""; ""Different Levels of Trust in Information Sources""; ""Uncertainty in The Energy Supply System""

""The Symbolic Context of Energy Use""""Limited Choice""; ""Limited Selection of Products""; ""Choices Made for Consumers""; ""Paying for Energy Costs “Passed Through�""; ""Constraints on Renters""; ""Choices Constrained by Public Goods and Services""; ""Long-lived Capital Stock""; ""The Needs of Changing Households""; ""Limited Capital for Energy-Efficient Equipment""; ""Some Implications of the Efficient Working of Market Forces""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX TWENTY DILEMMAS OF OIL VULNERABILITY ""; ""DILEMMAS OF PREPARATION""; ""DILEMMAS OF ANTICIPATION""

""DILEMMAS OF CRISIS RESPONSE""""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.