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A contemporary textbook and manual for students and aspiring environmental professionals that provides theory and practical skills and concepts needed for today's environmental manager. This foundational textbook provides the scaffolds to allow students to create partnerships to solve environmental problems with successful implementation techniques.
List of contents
Figures; Real-world examples, author's notes, and interviews from the field; Preface; 1. Introduction to environmental management; 2. Roles of the environmental manager in a tri-sectoral world; 3. Issues and legal trends that impact your environmental management; 4. Environmental regulation; 5. Navigating the environmental regulatory infrastructure; 6. Ethical environmental management and communication; 7. It begins with a plan. Strategic planning and diffusion of innovations; 8. Managing for compliance & performance. 'Driving between the ditches'; 9. Managing the experts; 10. Managing others to do your job. Contracting; 11. Understanding and influencing policy for better environmental management; 12. Looking forward; Case study. The case of implementing a pollution prevention program to reduce the risks of pests and pesticides in children; References; Index.
About the author
Marc L. Lame is Professor Emeritus in the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. He is an entomologist and has taught courses on Environmental Management; Risk, Trust, Credibility, and Public Participation; Natural Resource Management and Policy; and Applied Ecology. He maintains a clinical practice diffusing environmental innovations. Marc is on the advisory committee to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and helped to develop the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) education program offered by the National Environmental Health Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Richard A. Marcantonio is a teaching assistant professor in the Department of Management and Organization at the Mendoza College of Business, and a fellow at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. A scholar-practitioner of environmental management and peacebuilding, he has conducted environmental and social science research on five continents and with varied communities, partnering with governmental, private, and nongovernmental organizations to pursue positive human and environmental outcomes. He is author of Environmental Violence: In the Earth System and the Human Niche (Cambridge University Press, 2022).
Summary
A contemporary textbook and manual for students and aspiring environmental professionals that provides theory and practical skills and concepts needed for today's environmental manager. This foundational textbook provides the scaffolds to allow students to create partnerships to solve environmental problems with successful implementation techniques.
