Suchergebnisse

Geology in environmental management / Michael A. Kruge -- Biology in environmental management / Audrey L. Mayer -- Soil science in environmental management / Nadine Kabengi and Maria Chrysochoou -- Green chemistry and environmental management / Shyam R. Asolekar, R. Gopichandran, Anand M. Hiremath and Dinesh Kumar -- Green energy and climate change / R. Gopichandran, Shyam R. Asolekar, Omkar Jani, Dinesh Kumar and Arnand M. Hiremath -- Engineering in environmental management / Yang Deng -- Green architecture in environmental management / Jason Kliwinski and Amy Ferdinand -- Business strategies for environmental sustainability / Avinandan Mukherjee, Naz Onel, and Rosita Nunez -- Green marketing strategies / Medhi Taghian, Michael Jay Polonsky and Clare D'Souza -- Understanding the evidence on portfolio exposure to environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments / A. Seddik Meziani -- The role of public relations and organizational communication in environmental management / Richard W. Jensen -- The economics of environmental management / David Timmons -- Law and policy in environmental management / Dianne Rahm -- Environmental ethics / Tatjana Visak -- Participatory approaches in environmental management / Stentor B. Danielson -- Statistics in environmental management research / Jennifer A. Brown -- Remote sensing in environmental management / Mark J. Chopping -- Geographic information systems in environmental management / Danlin L. Yu and Scott W. Buchanan -- Life cycle analysis as a management tool in environmental systems / Dimitrios A. Georgakellos -- Environmental audit in environmental management / Ian T. Nicolson -- Risk assessment as a tool in environmental management / Kofi Asante-Duah -- Appendix I: Supplemental readings (all chapters) -- Appendix II: Model syllabus (all chapters) -- Appendix III: Model environmental management curricula (PhD, MS, BS)

The present scientific monograph, entitled "Environmental management & audit", is the result of three years' work on an international project entitled "Environmental management in Russian companies – retraining courses for the sensibilization for and integration of Eco-Audit programs in corporate decision-making (RECOAUD)". Within its more than 600 pages, the monograph features interesting texts written by 31 authors from the European Union and the Russian Federation, edited by dr. Borut Jereb, Darja Kukovič and dr. Daria Meyr. The monograph "Environmental management & audit" is composed of four books: "Scarcity and Introduction of Environmental Management", "Management Systems", "Controlling and Stakeholders", and "Environmental Assessment" (Featured Articles). These four topics reflect the complexity, heterogeneity and multidisciplinary of the project Tempus RECOAUD. The reader of the monograph gets a comprehensive overview of theoretical perspectives of environmental management and audit in the chosen areas. Furthermore, the monograph also highlights the results of research in the field of environmental management and audit as well as trends and challenges in the development of this field. Providing insight into theoretical and research findings, the monograph will prove useful to both practitioners and researchers in the field of environmental management and audit ; it can also be used for study purposes.

Environmental management is a wide, expanding, and rapidly evolving field, affecting everyone from individual citizens to businesses; governments to international agencies. Indisputably, it plays a crucial role in the quest for sustainable development. This comprehensively updated second edition explores the nature and role of environmental management, covering key principles, practices, tools, strategies and policies, offers a thorough yet understandable introduction, and points to further in-depth coverage. Among the key themes covered are: sustainable development proactive approaches the precautionary principle the 'polluter pays' principle the need for humans to be less vulnerable and more adaptable. Reflecting the expansion and evolution of the field, this revised edition focuses strongly on sustainable development. There has been extensive restructuring to ensure the book is accessible to those unfamiliar with environmental management and it now includes greater coverage of topics including key resources under stress, environmental management tools, climate change and urban environmental management. With rapid expansion and development of the subject it is easy for those embarking on a course of study to become disorientated, but with its well-structured coverage, effective illustrations, and foundation for further, more-focused interest, this book is easily accessible to all.

The study of economic and behavioral factors of rational environmental management and environmental conservation is of fundamental importance for achieving national development goals and the eff ective response of Russian society to the great challenges facing it. The article presents the results of systematization of modern research, which can become the basis for studying the phenomenon of behavioral opportunism in the fi eld of environmental management. Various approaches to determining the essence and forms of opportunism are considered, attention is paid to the problem of its measurement, including the original approach of one of the authors. A review of the theory of opportunism as a socio-psychological phenomenon is given. The connection between opportunism in the fi eld of environmental management and the theory of sustainable development is shown. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between behavioral opportunism in the fi eld of environmental management and corruption. The conducted research lays the foundation for an interdisciplinary (economic-ecological-psychological) project to study the factors of opportunistic behavior in the fi eld of environmental management.