1st Edition

Environmental Management and Development

By Chris Barrow Copyright 2004
288 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The environment and its management has been, and continues to be a very topical issue. Existing environment and development texts place emphasis is on listing problems, making warnings and voicing advocacy, but by focusing on environmental management, this informative book offers a very different perspective. Moving on from the usual much-discussed viewpoints, Barrow looks towards practical... Read more
Part 1: Theory and Approaches  1. Introduction  2. Environmental Management and Developing Countries  Part 2: Resource Management and Environmental Management Issues  3. Water, Coastal and Island Resources  4. Agriculture, Land Degradation and Food Security  5. Biodiversity Resources  6. Atmospheric Issues  7. Urban Environments and Industrial Pollution Issues  8. Environmental Threats  Part 3: Environmental Management Tools and Policies  9. Environmental Management Methods, Tools and Techniques  10. Environmental Accounting, Greening Economics and Business  11. Environmental Management and Development: The Future

Biography

Chris Barrow is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences and International Development, University of Wales, Swansea.

'C.J. Barrow should be complemented on producing an accessible overview of the environment development debate, especially in emphasising the developing world. I will be adding it to my second year reading list as a clearly written introduction to the interrelationships that exist between environment and development as well as providing some insights into how they may be resolved.' - Alan Terry, Geography