
Perspectives in Environmental Management
Ralf Buckley(Author)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 29. August 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
XI, 276 pages
978-3-540-53815-8 (ISBN)
Description
The author, experienced in industry and academia, presents a set of 15 recent review essays which identify and examine critical current issues of environmental management. Topics covered include environmental accounting, economics and taxation, environmental audit and insurance, institutional and administrative frameworks, regional environmental planning, international aid and trade, and the growth of ecotourism. The book concludes with a summary of likely trends for the 1990's. Readable, concise, practical, and well-referenced, these essays will be essential reading for corporate and governmental executives, engineers, accountants, and lawyers with any responsibility for environmental management. It will also be an invaluable resource book for university ecologists and environmental scientists and for anyone concerned with the practicalities of today's environmental problems.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
18 s/w Abbildungen
XI, 276 p. 18 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 205 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
334 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-53815-8 (9783540538158)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-76502-5
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions

Ralf Buckley
Perspectives in Environmental Management
E-Book
12/2012
Springer
€96.29
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Content
1 Critical Problems.- 2 Environmental Sensitivity Mapping: A Regional Planning Tool.- 3 Environmental Accounting: Techniques and Limitations.- 4 Equity, Public Resources and National Accounts.- 5 Economic Instruments of Environmental Policy.- 6 National Audit of Environmental Impact Predictions.- 7 Guidelines for Environmental Audit.- 8 Environmental Insurance.- 9 Shortcomings in Institutional Frameworks.- 10 The Role of Environmental Scientists.- 11 Environmental Research by the Private Sector.- 12 Environmental Planning and Policy for Green Tourism.- 13 Environmental Impacts of Recreation in Parks and Reserves.- 14 Environmental Implications of Development Aid.- 15 Trends in the 1990's.- Afterword.