Overview

Increasingly industry, government and the community sees the critical need for environmental management. We have many techniques to manage specific parts of the environment, such as methods for controlling the salinity of ground water, and reducing energy consumption. However, rather than reacting to specific environmental problems, we also need tools to guide the many activities that take place in our society. These tools assess the environmental changes that may come from activities, and provide processes for reducing environmental impacts.\n\nEnvironmental Management: Processes and Practices for Australia provides understanding of the main approaches to Environmental Management that come from the areas broadly classed as social science, policy, system, or administrative. Specifically the focus is on the systems and processes that are used to guide the more technical elements of environmental management. This means looking at the 'big picture' of how to bring about broad environmental improvement through managing what organisations do: whether these organisations are government, private businesses, or within the general community.\n\nThis second edition of Environmental Management: Processes and Practices in Australia retains the focus and coverage of the first edition, but provides updated information about the developing management tools, such as corporate responsibility, and directions in government programs. Additional case studies have been included as have practitioners' reflections.\n\nThe overall content covers:\n \n context for the development of Environmental Management and its relationship to international environmental policy \n environmental policy in the public and private spheres \n frameworks of Environmental Management \n risk, and life cycle analysis; the key systems of Environmental Impact Assessment, and Environmental Management Systems \n plus environmental reporting, and auditing \n \nImportantly, a chapter is devoted to the changes in organisations that will have to be thought about if Environmental Management is to be an integral part of the organisation's operations.

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Author:   Ian Thomas (Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne City, MC, Austr) ,  Paul Murfitt
Publisher:   Federation Press
Imprint:   Federation Press
Edition:   2nd New edition
Weight:   0.654kg
ISBN:  

9781862878167

ISBN 10:   1862878161
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   07 March 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Preface Table of Acronyms Part I Setting for Environmental Management Environmental Management - An Introduction International Context for Environmental Management and Policy Public Directions for Environmental Management - Environmental Policy within Government Private Directions for Corporate Environmental Management - Corporate Environmental Management Broad Frameworks for Environmental Management Part II Environmental Management Processes and Systems Foundations of Environmental Management Processes - Risk and Life Cycle Analysis Tools for Environmental Management - Environmental Impact Assessment Environmental Management Systems Environmental Auditing Environmental Reporting Part III Moving Environmental Management Forward Organisational Change Directions in Environmental Management Appendix - Interviews: Experiences with Environmental Management Systems

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Review of previous edition:Ian Thomas' most recent book Environmental Management: Processes and Practices for Australia is an excellent resource, particularly for secondary and tertiary environmental and environmental law students. The book provides useful and relevant examples when attempting to put various processes and policies into context. Thomas is forthcoming and unbiassed in highlighting and detailing the advantages and disadvantages of technical, legal and policy elements which drive current environmental management processes and practices. ... the book is an excellent resource for current environmental management practices. - ENGANA (Journal of the Victorian Association for Environmental Education), Vol 28 No 3, Dec 2005

Ian Thomasa (TM) most recent book Environmental Management: Processes and Practices for Australia is an excellent resource, particularly for secondary and tertiary environmental and environmental law students. The book provides useful and relevant examples when attempting to put various processes and policies into context. Thomas is forthcoming and unbiassed in highlighting and detailing the advantages and disadvantages of technical, legal and policy elements which drive current environmental management processes and practices. a | the book is an excellent resource for current environmental management practices. ENGANA (Journal of the Victorian Association for Environmental Education), Vol 28 No 3, Dec 2005

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