| Description |
xvii, 601 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Geology in environmental management / M. Kruge -- Biology in environmental management / A. Mayer -- Soil science in environmental management / N. Kabengi and M. Chrysochoou -- Green chemistry and environmental management / S.R. Asolekar, R. Gopichandran, A.M. Hiremath and D. Kumar -- Green energy and climate change / R. Gopichandran, S.R. Asolekar, Omkar Jani, D. Kumar and A. M. Hiremath -- Engineering in environmental management / Y. Deng -- Green architecture in environmental management / A. Ferdinand and J. Kliwinski -- Business strategies for environmental sustainability / A. Mukherjee, N. Onel, and R. Nunez -- Green marketing strategies / M. Polonsky, M. Taghian, and C. D'Souza -- Understanding the evidence on portfolio exposure to environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments / S.A. Meziani -- The role of public relations and organizational communication in environmental management / R.W. Jensen -- The economics of environmental management / David Timmons -- Law and policy in environmental management / D. Rahm -- Environmental ethics / T. Visak -- Participatory approaches in environmental management / S. Danielson -- Statistics in environmental management research / J. Brown -- Remote sensing in environmental management / M. Chopping -- Geographic information systems in environmental management / D. Yu and S.W. Buchanan -- Life cycle analysis as a management tool in environmental systems / D. Georgakellos -- Environmental audit in environmental management / I.T. Nicolson -- Risk assessment as a tool in environmental management / K. Asante-Duah -- Appendix I: Supplemental readings (all chapters) -- Appendix II: Model syllabus (all chapters) -- Appendix III: Model environmental management curricula (PhD, MS, BS) |
| Summary |
Covers the most recent topics in the field of environmental management and provides a broad focus on the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of environmental management -Provides an up-to-date survey of the field from the perspective of different disciplines -Covers the topic of environmental management from multiple perspectives, namely, natural sciences, engineering, business, social sciences, and methods and tools perspectives -Combines both academic rigor and practical approach through literature reviews and theories and examples and case studies from diverse geographic areas and policy domains -Explores local and global issues of environmental management and analyzes the role of various contributors in the environmental management process -Chapter contents are appropriately demonstrated with numerous pictures, charts, graphs, and tables, and accompanied by a detailed reference list for further readings. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Environmental management.
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| Author |
Datta, Rupali, editor
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Hannigan, Robyn, editor
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Mukherjee, Avinandan, editor
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Sarkar, Dibyendu, editor
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| LC no. |
2015006397 |
| ISBN |
1118744357 (cloth) |
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9781118744352 (cloth) |
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