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Environmental Management: The Basics is a comprehensive introduction to the theory and process of environmental management. It considers the complexity and inter-relatedness of environmental management issues and introduces the idea of effective management as an integrated process comprising inputs from science, law, economics and policy. Critically analysing the strengths and weaknesses of approaches to management with reference to global case studies, it answers such questions as:
Why do we try to manage the environment?
How should we decide what method to use?
How do we assess the effectiveness of environmental management?
Does the process differ on local and global scales?
Has our approach to environmental management changed over time?
Featuring diagrams, suggestions for further reading and a glossary of key terminology to allow readers to develop their interest in the subject, it is the ideal starting point for anyone new to the study of environmental management.
List of contents
Introduction
1. Managing Our Environment
1.1 What is the Environment?
1.2 Why We Manage the Environment
1.3 Different Approaches to Environmental Management
1.4 Drivers, Tools and Practice
2. Principles and Policies for Environmental Management
2.1 The Legal Framework for Environmental Management
2.2 Sustainable Development
2.3 Environmental Principles-Approaches to Environmental Management
3. Science and Measurement
3.1 Fundamentals of Ecosystems and Environmental Impacts
3.2 The Scientific Method
3.3 Public Perception of Science
3.4 How Science Shapes Management
4. Planning and Assessment Tools
4.1 Planning
4.2 Impact Assessment
4.3 Reducing Environmental Impacts
4.4 Measuring Effectiveness
5. Regulatory Approaches to Pollution Control and Waste Management
5.1 Principles of pollution control
5.2 Sectoral approaches to pollution control
6. Influencing Land Management
6.1 Agriculture and Forestry
6.2 Protected Areas
6.3 Wildlife Management
6.4 Integrated approaches
7. Evolving Environment – Evolving Management
7.1 Modern Drivers
7.2 Technological Advances
7.3 Natural Resource Management
Glossary
About the author
Lynda Warren is a marine biologist and environmental lawyer with a long career as a university academic. She is presently Emeritus Professor of Environmental Law at Aberystwyth University and teaches on the LLM in Environmental Law and Management. Her main research interest has been how law and science are used in developing and implementing environmental policy, with a focus on two main areas: radioactive waste management and nature conservation. She has recently worked on various government bodies as an independent advisor and consultant. She was a member of the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee for 10 years; then became a member of the Committee on RadioactiveWaste Management (CoRWM); and now leads the Public and Stakeholder Group of the re-constituted CoRWM. Professor Warren has sat on the board of both the Countryside Council for Wales, and the Environment Agency, where she was responsible for fisheries and also acted as conservation champion. She is currently deputy chair of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, taking a special interest in marine conservation. She is also a member of the board of the British Geological Survey; and of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, which is currently producing a report on adaptation to climate change.
Summary
Environmental Management: The Basics is a comprehensive introduction to the theory and process of environmental management. It considers the complexity and inter-relatedness of environmental management issues and introduces the idea of effective management as an integrated process comprising inputs from science, law, economics and policy. Critically analysing the strengths and weaknesses of approaches to management with reference to global case studies, it answers such questions as:
- Why do we try to manage the environment?
- How should we decide what method to use?
- How do we assess the effectiveness of environmental management?
- Does the process differ on local and global scales?
- Has our approach to environmental management changed over time?
Featuring diagrams, suggestions for further reading and a glossary of key terminology to allow readers to develop their interest in the subject, it is the ideal starting point for anyone new to the study of environmental management.
