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About this book
This contemporary textbook and manual for aspiring or new environmental managers provides the theory and practical examples needed to understand current environmental issues and trends. Each chapter explains the specific skills and concepts needed for today's successful environmental manager, and provides skill development exercises that allow students to relate theory to practice in the profession. Readers will obtain an understanding not only of the field, but also of how professional accountability, evolving science, social equity, and politics affect their work. This foundational textbook provides the scaffolds to allow students to understand the environmental regulatory infrastructure, and how to create partnerships to solve environmental problems ethically and implement successful environmental programs.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Reviews
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Figures and Map
- Real-World Examples, Author's Notes, and Interviews from the Field
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 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 and 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