Environmental Management: Issues and Concerns in Developing Countries

Environmental Management: Issues and Concerns in Developing Countries

Author: Pradip K. Sikdar

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-03-17

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 303062529X

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This book deals with issues and concerns for the human environment in the developing countries incorporating natural processes and systems, pollution removal technology, energy conservation, environmental impact assessment process, economics, culture, political structure and societal equity from a management point of view. Solutions to the emerging problems of the environment need a paradigmatic shift in approach from a process based model to a socio-political-economic model. Hence environmental management should involve equality and control over use of the finite natural resources and the balance between Earth’s biocapacity and humanity’s ecological footprint. Changes such as green technologies, human population stabilization and adoption of ecologically harmonious lifestyles are absolutely essential and will require redesigning of political institutions, policies and revisiting forgotten skills of sustainable practices of environmental management. These challenges should centre on environment governance using the concepts of common property, equity and security. This book is relevant for academics, professionals, administrators and policy makers who are concerned with various aspects of environment management and governance.


Concepts and Issues of Environmental Management

Concepts and Issues of Environmental Management

Author: Govind Prasad

Publisher: Discovery Publishing House

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9788183562935

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Contents: Eco-system, Form and Processes: Conceptual Framework, Process of Urbanisation, Migration Regional Development and Territorial Planning, Concept of Geo-ecological Processes and Geo-spatial Paradigm, Concept of Work and Workers in Global Perspective, Concept of Perception and Source of Confusion in Environmental Research, Concepts and Issues of Environmental Mapping, Concept of Settlement, Domicile and Residence in Law Point of View, Geomorphic Environment, Flood Hazard and Its Management: A Case Study of Jaunpur District, U.P., Environmental Scenario of Chitrakut Upland; Its Past, Present and Future, Profile of India s Population on the Threshold of the 21st Century, Role of Non-polluting Renewable Energy Systems in Human Resource Development, Recycling of Wastes for Human Resource Development, Environmental Assessment of Ganga Basin, Stream Segmentation and Bifurcation Ratio (Rb) of Pachmarhi Hills, M.P.


Basic Concepts in Environmental Management

Basic Concepts in Environmental Management

Author: Kenneth M. Mackenthun

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1999-01-26

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 9781566703802

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Environmental professionals are (and will continue to be) under increased pressure to become more knowledgeable of environmental management issues. Basic Concepts in Environmental Management fulfills the long-standing need for fundamental knowledge-especially concerning government regulations on environmental and natural resource protection. As a leading environmental professional and consultant since the 1940s, Kenneth M. Mackenthun offers a unique perspective on the breadth, scope, and ever-constant change in environmental legislation at the federal, state, and local levels... and what those guidelines signify for industry and citizens alike. By maintaining an awareness of existing and forthcoming laws, environmentalists can substantially enhance their career potential-and be in a better position to protect the land, air, and sea. The starting point for that knowledge: Basic Concepts in Environmental Management.


Environmental Management Concepts and Practices for the Hospitality Industry

Environmental Management Concepts and Practices for the Hospitality Industry

Author: Ishmael Mensah

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2019-07-31

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1527537781

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Environmental management is essential to the successful operation of the hospitality businesses. This book simplifies the complex issue of environmental management for both students of hospitality and industry practitioners (such as hotel managers and restauranteurs). The study explains how global environmental problems affect the hospitality industry and vice versa. It also outlines the processes that should be followed in environmental management, and the specific environmental management practices of hospitality businesses in the areas of waste management, energy and water conservation. The book provides practical illustrations, review questions, and lists of keywords and concepts in each chapter. It provides a global perspective on the study of environmental management in the hospitality industry by drawing on success stories and previous research on the topic from across the globe.


Environmental Management

Environmental Management

Author: Michael Atchia

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 1995-05-03

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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Examining the foundations and policies of sustainable development, the contributors to this volume describe the principles and processes of ecosystems and the basic environmental management tools, including funding possibilities, particularly in developing countries.


Environmental Management

Environmental Management

Author: Peter R. Mulvihill

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2016-11-25

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1317480260

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The field of Environmental Management (EM) involves a broad and evolving repertoire of practices. The field originated around 1970 in response to new policy, regulation and public concern about environmental issues. EM has undergone many changes and improvements since then, progressing from a reactive, compliance-based focus toward, in leading cases, practices reflecting strong commitment to sustainability. And yet, EM remains, for the most part, ill-equipped to deal with the complex and highly uncertain implications of the ecological crisis. Environmental Management offers a rigorous critique of conventional EM and explores alternative ideas, frameworks and approaches that are currently considered "fringe", but which have the potential to transform the practice of EM. This book goes beyond narrow definitions and considers questions regarding the purpose, roles, scope and potential of environmental management. EM is situated and contextualized within the evolving and expanding realm of environment and sustainability literature. The book argues that new approaches to EM need to be more flexible, imaginative and better equipped to address future environmental problems of a scale and severity previously unforeseen. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental management, environmental planning, resource management, and environmental assessment.


Wicked Environmental Problems

Wicked Environmental Problems

Author: Peter J. Balint

Publisher: Island Press

Published: 2012-06-22

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 1610910478

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"Wicked" problems are large-scale, long-term policy dilemmas in which multiple and compounding risks and uncertainties combine with sharply divergent public values to generate contentious political stalemates; wicked problems in the environmental arena typically emerge from entrenched conflicts over natural resource management and over the prioritization of economic and conservation goals more generally. This new book examines past experience and future directions in the management of wicked environmental problems and describes new strategies for mitigating the conflicts inherent in these seemingly intractable situations. The book: reviews the history of the concept of wicked problems examines the principles and processes that managers have applied explores the practical limitations of various approaches Most important, the book reviews current thinking on the way forward, focusing on the implementation of "learning networks," in which public managers, technical experts, and public stakeholders collaborate in decision-making processes that are analytic, iterative, and deliberative. Case studies of forest management in the Sierra Nevada, restoration of the Florida Everglades, carbon trading in the European Union, and management of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania are used to explain concepts and demonstrate practical applications. Wicked Environmental Problems offers new approaches for managing environmental conflicts and shows how managers could apply these approaches within common, real-world statutory decision-making frameworks. It is essential reading for anyone concerned with managing environmental problems.


Global Environmental Policy

Global Environmental Policy

Author: Charles H. Eccleston

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2011-06-27

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 1439847673

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Environmental policy is often practiced reactively with each crisis addressed as an isolated event. Focusing on development of proactive policies, Global Environment Policy: Concepts, Principles, and Practice provides the essential scientific and socioeconomic framework for formulating pragmatic and comprehensive environmental policies. It discusses topics of interest to American and international audiences. Beginning with basic concepts, the book proceeds successively on to more advanced principles, theories, and practices for developing and implementing comprehensive environmental policy solutions. Topics are introduced in a logical, yet connected, user-friendly manner. Using practical case studies and examples, the book illustrates both the power and limitations of theoretical approaches. It defines the scope and nature of the environmental policy problem, outlining its origins and evolution, and introduces the policy frameworks of the United Nations, European Union, and the United States. Each chapter begins with a case study and ends with a problem set; the questions are designed to elicit practical and critical thinking. The book ends with two capstone problems that exemplify nearly every major topic and aspect presented in this book. Upon completion, students should possess the competency required to examine a real world problem, evaluate it in terms of the concepts, principles, and tools described throughout the book, and develop a practical policy solution for resolving that problem.


Principles of Environmental Management

Principles of Environmental Management

Author: Rogene A. Buchholz

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13:

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Now in its second edition, Rogene Buchholz's text offers a managerial perspective of the principles of environmental management, rather than focusing on ecological aspects.


Environmental Information Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Environmental Information Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Author: Management Association, Information Resources

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2018-09-07

Total Pages: 1759

ISBN-13: 1522570349

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Environmental information and systems play a major role in environmental decision making. As such, it is vital to understand the impact that they have on different aspects of sustainable environmental management, as well as to understand the opportunism they might present for further improvement. Environmental Information Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is an innovative reference source containing the latest research on the use of information systems to track and organize environmental data for use in an overall environmental management system. Highlighting a range of topics such as environmental analysis, remote sensing, and geographic information science, this multi-volume book is designed for engineers, data scientists, practitioners, academicians, and researchers interested in all aspects of environmental information systems.