An Integrated Approach to Environmental Management E-Book

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

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

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

COVER

TITLE PAGE

ABOUT THE EDITORS

CONTRIBUTORS

PREFACE

ENDORSEMENTS

SECTION I: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: THE NATURAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE

1 GEOLOGY IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

1.1 INTRODUCTION

1.2 VOLCANIC HAZARDS

1.3 EARTHQUAKE-RELATED HAZARDS

1.4 COASTAL PROCESSES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

1.5 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF RIVERS AND LAKES

1.6 GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AND KARST HAZARDS

1.7 GEOLOGICAL FACTORS IMPACTING WASTE MANAGEMENT

1.8 ENERGY RESOURCE EXTRACTION AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES

1.9 CONCLUDING REMARKS

APPENDIX 1.A GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES OF THE EXAMPLES PRESENTED

REFERENCES

2 BIOLOGY IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

2.1 INTRODUCTION

2.2 STAGE 1: DEFINE THE SYSTEM

2.3 STAGE 2: IDENTIFY TARGET CONDITIONS

2.4 STAGE 3: COLLECT DATA AND DETERMINE DISTANCE TO TARGET

2.5 STAGE 4: PRESERVATION OR RESTORATION?

2.6 STAGE 5: MONITORING AND ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT

REFERENCES

3 SOIL SCIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

3.1 INTRODUCTION

3.2 COMPOSITIONS, PROPERTIES, AND PROCESSES

3.3 SOILS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

REFERENCES

4 GREEN CHEMISTRY AND ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING AS A FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

4.1 GREEN CHEMISTRY

4.2 GREEN ENGINEERING

4.3 MATERIAL EFFICIENCY

4.4 UNLOCKING CONDEMNED RESOURCES

4.5 ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY

4.6 CASE STUDY 1: WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS AS MICROCOSMS OF ECO-SYSTEM

4.7 CASE STUDY 2: INTEGRATING NATURAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS FOR UPGRADATION OF AQUATIC SYSTEMS

4.8 CASE STUDY 3: SUSTAINABLE RECYCLING OF OBSOLETE SHIPS THROUGH ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

4.9 NEXUS BETWEEN TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT

4.10 CLOSURE: STRATEGIES FOR TRANSITIONING TO SUSTAINABLE FUTURES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

EXERCISE

REFERENCES

5 GREEN ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

5.1 INTRODUCTION TO IMPORTANT ATTRIBUTES AND TYPES OF GREEN ENERGY

5.2 GREEN ENERGY AND PUBLIC POLICY

5.3 EMISSION REDUCTION IMPERATIVES

5.4 STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL DYNAMICS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS WITH RESPECT TO CLIMATE CHANGE

5.5 INDUSTRY FORUMS ACTIVE ON RENEWABLE ENERGY

5.6 COMMITMENTS AND COLLECTIVE ACTION TO MAINSTREAM RENEWABLES

5.7 SOME IMPORTANT PRECAUTIONS

5.8 THE WAY FORWARD

REFERENCES

RECOMMENDED CURRICULUM: GREEN ENERGY: SYSTEMS AND CLIMATE EFFICIENCY

FURTHER READING

6 ENGINEERING IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

6.1 ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

6.2 MATERIALS AND ENERGY BALANCES

6.3 WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

6.4 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES

6.5 AIR RESOURCE SYSTEM

REFERENCES

7 GREEN ARCHITECTURE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

7.1 INTRODUCTION

7.2 INTEGRATED DESIGN: THE KEY TO GREEN BUILDING SUCCESS

7.3 THE TEAM

7.4 RESOURCE USE AND GREEN BUILDINGS

7.5 CONCLUSION

References

SECTION II: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: THE BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE

8 BUSINESS STRATEGIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

8.1 OVERVIEW

8.2 INTRODUCTION

8.3 MICHAEL PORTER’S GENERIC BUSINESS STRATEGIES

8.4 THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF NEW APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY FOR BUSINESSES

8.5 THEORIES OF SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS STRATEGIES

8.6 SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODELS AND IMPLEMENTATION

8.7 VALUE CHAIN

8.8 DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON GREEN MARKETS AND BUSINESSES

8.9 CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING

8.10 BEING INSINCERE: GREENWASHING

8.11 CASE STUDIES

8.12 THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY

8.13 REVIEW QUESTIONS

REFERENCES

9 GREEN MARKETING STRATEGIES

9.1 OVERVIEW

9.2 INTRODUCTION

9.3 GREEN MARKETING THEORY AND PRACTICE

9.4 GREEN MARKETING STRATEGY

9.5 GREENING THE MARKETING MIX

9.6 GREEN PROMOTION

9.7 GOVERNANCE, EVALUATION, AND CONTROL

9.8 THE FUTURE OF GREEN MARKETING

9.9 REVIEW QUESTIONS

REFERENCES

10 ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE (ESG) FACTORS IN FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS

10.1 INTRODUCTION

10.2 HISTORY OF ESG INVESTING: FROM FRINGE TO MAINSTREAM

10.3 REVIEW OF ESG LITERATURE

10.4 REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF THE ESG MARKET

10.5 CONCLUDING REMARKS

APPENDIX: EXHIBITS

REFERENCES

11 THE ROLE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

11.1 INTRODUCTION

11.2 PUBLIC RELATIONS

11.3 ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION

11.4 BEST PRACTICES IN PUBLIC RELATIONS

11.5 PUBLIC RELATIONS FAILURES

11.6 BEST PRACTICES IN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION

11.7 HOW ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE USING PUBLIC RELATIONS

11.8 THE STRATEGIC USE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS TO ACHIEVE ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS

11.9 CREATING “WIN–WIN” PARTNERSHIPS

11.10 SUMMARY

REFERENCES

12 THE ECONOMICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

12.1 INTRODUCTION

12.2 A MARKET MODEL

12.3 AN OPTIMAL POLLUTION MODEL

12.4 BENEFIT–COST ANALYSIS

12.5 SUMMARY

REFERENCES

13 LAW AND POLICY IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

13.1 INTRODUCTION

13.2 WHAT IS PUBLIC POLICY?

13.3 FEDERAL PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTIONS: AN OVERVIEW

13.4 THE ROLE OF THE STATES: AN OVERVIEW

13.5 OTHER PUBLIC POLICY ACTORS: AN OVERVIEW

13.6 INSTITUTIONS AND ACTORS IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

13.7 THE POLICY PROCESS

13.8 RULEMAKING: THE PROCESS

13.9 TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATORY APPROACHES

13.10 EVOLUTION OF NATURAL RESOURCE, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

13.11 CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

14 ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

14.1 INTRODUCTION

14.2 PRELIMINARIES: WHAT IS ETHICs?

14.3 HANDS-ON: DOING ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

14.4 CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

SECTION III: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: THE METHODS AND TOOLS PERSPECTIVE

15 PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

15.1 INTRODUCTION

15.2 WHAT IS PARTICIPATION?

15.3 ARGUMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION

15.4 ARGUMENTS AGAINST PARTICIPATION

15.5 HOW TO CONDUCT PARTICIPATION

15.6 EVALUATING PARTICIPATION

15.7 CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

16 STATISTICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

16.1 INTRODUCTION

16.2 DATA COLLECTION

16.3 DETECTING CHANGE

16.4 SUMMARY

REFERENCES

17 REMOTE SENSING IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

17.1 INTRODUCTION

17.2 WHAT IS REMOTE SENSING?

17.3 SELECTED APPLICATIONS OF REMOTE SENSING

17.4 CONCLUDING REMARKS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

18 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

18.1 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

18.2 WHAT IS GIS/GISCIENCE AND WHAT DOES IT DO?

18.3 GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES AND COORDINATE TRANSFORMATION (MAP PROJECTION)

18.4 THE UNIQUE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: SPATIAL DATA ARE SPECIAL

18.5 THE NEXT STEP, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION IN A TEMPORAL CONTEXT: SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS

18.6 GIS IN ACTION: WILDLIFE ECOLOGY, SNAKES IN THE SAND

18.7 CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

19 LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS AS A MANAGEMENT TOOL IN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS

19.1 INTRODUCTION

19.2 BRIEF HISTORY OF LCA

19.3 THE METHODOLOGY OF LCA

19.4 APPLICATIONS OF LCA

19.5 LIMITATIONS OF LCA

19.6 RECENT TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN LCA

REFERENCES

20 ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

20.1 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

20.2 ISO 14001 INTERPRETATION

20.3 ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING

REFERENCES

FURTHER READING

21 RISK ASSESSMENT AS A TOOL IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

21.1 INTRODUCTION

21.2 WHAT IS RISK ASSESSMENT?

21.3 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS IN RISK ASSESSMENT

21.4 THE RISK ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK AND PARADIGM

21.5 USING RISK ASSESSMENT TO SHAPE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DECISIONS

21.6 CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

APPENDIX A: SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 12

CHAPTER 13

CHAPTER 14

CHAPTER 15

CHAPTER 16

CHAPTER 17

CHAPTER 18

CHAPTER 19

CHAPTER 20

CHAPTER 21

APPENDIX B: MODEL SYLLABUS

CHAPTER 1: GEOLOGY IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 2: BIOLOGY IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 3: SOIL SCIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 4: GREEN CHEMISTRY AND ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING AS A FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

CHAPTER 5: GREEN ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

CHAPTER 6: ENGINEERING IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 7: GREEN ARCHITECTURE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 8: BUSINESS STRATEGIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

CHAPTER 9: GREEN MARKETING STRATEGIES

LIST OF READINGS

CHAPTER 10: ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE (ESG) FACTORS IN FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS

CHAPTER 11: THE ROLE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 12: THE ECONOMICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 13: LAW AND POLICY IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 14: ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

CHAPTER 15: PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 16: STATISTICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 17: REMOTE SENSING IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 18: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 19: LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS AS A MANAGEMENT TOOL IN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS