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Dr. Daniel has the distinction, at least at the time of this writing, of being the world's only Professor of Psychology and Renewable Natural Resourses.   His work in the area of environmental psychology focuses upon parks, wilderness and other natural areas.

His work with his students applies classical psychophysical methods, psychometric models, computer visualization and survey techniques to determine how natural and human-designed changes in these environments affect the quality of experience for tourists, recreators and residents.

He has  worked on actual environmental management problems in many parts of the world, and the methods he has developed are widely used to address the "human dimensions" of environmental protection and natural resources management

This work also provides theoretical insights into more general issues of human environmental perception and preference.

A purely coincidental benefit of this line of work is that much of it must be done in world-class parks and natural areas, at the very times when people find them most attractive.

Cool, huh?

Inherent in every area of environmental management is an understanding of how our values and preferences affect our needs and our choices, and Dr. Daniel's facilitation of the various psychological, philosophical, economic and marketing views of these cognitive phenomena has been very valuable in his own research and work in environmental management.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:

• Public perception of spruce bark beetle damage in the Chugach National Forest;
• environmental psychology;
• environmental planning/policy;
• psychometrics; recreation and leisure  studies;
• environmental education; technology transfer;
• landscape architecture/design; cognitive processes;
• land use planning;
• interactions between biological and
• human values in the woodland-urban interface.

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  UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
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