Environmental management handbook

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Environmental management handbook

written and edited by Sven-Olof Ryding

IOS Press , Lewis Publishers, 1992

  • : IOS Press
  • : Lewis Publishers

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Environmental management handbook : the holistic approach : from problems to strategies

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Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 719-729) and index

"Cat. no. IOL753"--Back cover

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: Lewis Publishers ISBN 9780873717533

Description

Subtitled The Holistic Approach From Problems to Strategies . Provides an overview of those interrelated, interdisciplinary, and international aspects needed to be dealt with in order to successfully manage increasingly serious environmental problems. For
Volume

: IOS Press ISBN 9789051990621

Description

This reference work offers decision-makers an overall framework for developing effective strategies for different types of environmental problems. One purpose of the book is to bridge the communication gap between scientists and decision-makers and to present recent knowledge on the causes and effects of various global environmental problems. Quantitative guidelines are being reviewed and major industrial sectors' environmental involvement analyzed.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Rationale for book and guide to readers. Part 2 The man-made eco-evolution: phases of eco-evolution
  • the global inequalities
  • the political awakening. Part 3 Problems concerning the environment: the rural sector
  • the urban sector
  • the energy production sector
  • the transport sector
  • the industrial sector. Part 4 Ecological effects: the atmospheric environment
  • the terrestrial environment
  • the aquatic environment
  • the biotic environment
  • the human environment. Part 5 Remedial actions: the agriculture and forestry approach
  • the municipal approach
  • the energy production approach
  • the traffic and communication approach
  • the industry approach. Part 6 Future strategies: the scientific response
  • the public response
  • the trade union response
  • the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) response
  • the business response
  • the authority and government response
  • the international response. Part 7 Managing planet Earth - a matter of multidisciplinary environmental strategies: the human dimension
  • the planning dimension
  • the decision-making dimension
  • the management dimension. Part 8 An environment management initiative: points of departure
  • the planning and decision-making process
  • a new logical, optimistic and ethical sense
  • ten environmental commandments.

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