The Environmental Response Inventory in Application

Abstract

A rationale for the Environmental Response Inventory—a multiscale measure of environmental dispositions-is presented. Details of the development of the instrument are outlined, and a description of the scales is provided. Applications of the ERI to various areas of research in man-environment relations are reviewed-including migration, family planning, architecture and planning, environmental decision-making and conflict resolution, environmental attitudes, recreation behavior, and environmental cognition and perception. Finally, the author discusses proper use of the instrument in environmental research and comments on the process of inventory validation.