Environmental Management For Sustainable Development (routledge Environmental Management)
by Chris Barrow /
2006 / English / PDF
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Environmental management is a wide, expanding, and rapidly
evolving field, affecting everyone from individual citizens to
businesses; governments to international agencies. Indisputably,
it plays a crucial role in the quest for sustainable development.
Environmental management is a wide, expanding, and rapidly
evolving field, affecting everyone from individual citizens to
businesses; governments to international agencies. Indisputably,
it plays a crucial role in the quest for sustainable development.
This comprehensively updated second edition explores the nature
and role of environmental management, covering key principles,
practices, tools, strategies and policies, offers a thorough yet
understandable introduction, and points to further in-depth
coverage. Among the key themes covered are:
This comprehensively updated second edition explores the nature
and role of environmental management, covering key principles,
practices, tools, strategies and policies, offers a thorough yet
understandable introduction, and points to further in-depth
coverage. Among the key themes covered are:sustainable development
sustainable developmentproactive approaches
proactive approachesthe precautionary principle
the precautionary principlethe ‘polluter pays’ principle
the ‘polluter pays’ principlethe need for humans to be less vulnerable and more adaptable.
the need for humans to be less vulnerable and more adaptable.
Reflecting the expansion and evolution of the field, this revised
edition focuses strongly on sustainable development. There has
been extensive restructuring to ensure the book is accessible to
those unfamiliar with environmental management and it now
includes greater coverage of topics including key resources under
stress, environmental management tools, climate change and urban
environmental management.
Reflecting the expansion and evolution of the field, this revised
edition focuses strongly on sustainable development. There has
been extensive restructuring to ensure the book is accessible to
those unfamiliar with environmental management and it now
includes greater coverage of topics including key resources under
stress, environmental management tools, climate change and urban
environmental management.
With rapid expansion and development of the subject it is easy
for those embarking on a course of study to become disorientated,
but with its well-structured coverage, effective illustrations,
and foundation for further, more-focused interest, this book is
easily accessible to all.
With rapid expansion and development of the subject it is easy
for those embarking on a course of study to become disorientated,
but with its well-structured coverage, effective illustrations,
and foundation for further, more-focused interest, this book is
easily accessible to all.
