Richards, James M., Jr. (2000). A history of Division 34: The Division of Population and Environmental Psychology. In D. A. Dewsbury (Ed.) Unification Through Division, Histories of the Divisions of the American Psychological Association, Volume 5 (pp. 113-136). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Price: $24.95 ISBN: 1-55798-683-5.
The APA Division 34 (Population and Environmental Psychology) is a product of the 1960s and was strongly influenced by two social issues that were of concern in that decade: population growth and environmental degradation (both in an aesthetic sense and in the sense of ability to sustain human life). These concerns were reflected in the establishment of two task forces by the APA during the 1960s: the Task Force on Psychology, Family Planning, and Population Policy and the Task Force on Environment and Behavior. The activities of these task forces are important in the history of Division 34. Both then and now concerns of population and environmental psychologists have included issues besides population growth and environmental degradation. This history will attempt to give appropriate recognition to these other issues, but all the conceptual framework for Division 34 remains the ecological perspective which is opposed to the view that there are no inherent limits on human activities and economic growth.
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