An Integrated Approach to Environmental Management

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 INDICE: Preface .Editor Biography .List of Contributors .Section I. Environmental Management: the Natural Science and Engineering Perspective .Chapter 1. Geology in Environmental ManagementM. Kruge .Chapters 2. Biology in Environmental ManagementA. Mayer .Chapter 3. Soil Science in Environmental ManagementN. Kabengi and M. Chrysochoou .Chapter 4. Green Chemistry and Environmental ManagementS.R. Asoleka, R. Gopichandran, A. M. Hiremath and D. Kumar .Chapter 5. Green Energy and Climate ChangeR. Gopichandran, S. R. Asolekar, Omkar Jani, D. Kumar and A. M. Hiremath .Chapter 6. Engineering in Environmental ManagementY. Deng .Chapter 7: Green Architecture in Environmental ManagementA. Ferdinand and J. Kliwinski .Section II. Environmental Management: the Business and Social Science Perspective .Chapter 8. Business Strategies for Environmental SustainabilityA. Mukherjee, N. Onel, and R. Nunez .Chapters 9. Green Marketing StrategiesM. Polonsky, M. Taghian, and C. D?Souza .Chapter 10. Role of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors in financial investmentsS. A. Meziani .Chapter 11. The Role of Public Relations and Organizational Communication in Environmental ManagementR.W. Jensen .Chapter 12. The Economics of Environmental ManagementDavid Timmons .Chapter 13. Law and Policy in Environmental ManagementD. Rahm .Chapter 14. Environmental EthicsT. Visak .Chapter 15. Participatory Approaches in Environmental ManagementS. Danielson .Section III. Environmental Management: Methods and Tools Perspective .Chapter 16. Statistics in Environmental Management ResearchJ. Brown .Chapter 17. Remote Sensing in Environmental ManagementM. Chopping .Chapter 18. Geographic Information Systems in Environmental ManagementD. Yu and S.W. Buchanan .Chapter 19. Life Cycle Analysis as a Management Tool in Environmental SystemsD. Georgakellos .Chapter 20. Environmental Audit in Environmental ManagementI.T. Nicolson .Chapter 21. Risk Assessment as a Tool in Environmental ManagementK. Asante–Duah .Appendix – I: Supplemental Readings .Appendix – II: Model Syllabus .Appendix – III: Model Environmental Management Curricula (PhD, MS, BS)

• ISBN: 978-1-118-74435-2
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 636
• Fecha Publicación: 19/11/2015
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés