Overview
- The first volume that explicitly deals with the interactions between
- technology and behavior
- Offers a systematic and integrative overview of state of the art research of technology – behavior interactions
- An interdisciplinary study, in which all disciplines relevant to the study of technology-behavior interactions are brought together
- Provides a basis for policy-making
- Provides a basis for product design
Part of the book series: Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science (ECOE, volume 20)
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Table of contents (36 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Conceptual Frameworks for Analyzing Technology and Behavior
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Front Matter
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Technology, Behavior and Sociotechnical Practices
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About this book
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, however, since technology and behavior often appear so closely intertwined. Human behavior results not only from intentions and deliberate decisions, but also from its interaction with technological artifacts. In the area of traffic safety, for instance, people’s driving behavior is determined as much by curves, speed bumps and the power of their motors as by considerations of safety and responsibility. How can we best describe and understand these interactions between behavior and technology? What conceptual frameworks and empirical studies are available, and how can they be integrated? And how can we bring these interactions to bear on product design and policy making?
The book User Behavior and Technology Development explores these relationships between technology and behavior from an interdisciplinary perspective. This includes contributions from cognitive psychology, industrial design, public administration, marketing, sociology, ergonomics, science and technology studies, and philosophy. The book aims to create a conceptual basis for analyzing interactions between technology and behavior, and to provide insights that are relevant to technology design and environmental policy.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Peter-Paul Verbeek (1970) is associate professor of philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. He holds a M.Sc. in the Philosophy of Science, Technology and Society and a Ph.D. in the Philosophy of Technology. He publishes on the social and cultural roles of technology, the morality of technological artifacts, and the ethics and philosophy of (industrial) design.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: User Behavior and Technology Development
Book Subtitle: Shaping Sustainable Relations Between Consumers and Technologies
Editors: Peter-Paul Verbeek, Adriaan Slob
Series Title: Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5196-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4433-5Published: 15 September 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7128-6Published: 22 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5196-8Published: 11 October 2006
Series ISSN: 1389-6970
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 412
Topics: Economics, general, Environment, general, Innovation/Technology Management, Sustainable Development, Behavioral Sciences, Popular Science in Psychology