396 Pages
by
Routledge
396 Pages
by
Routledge
396 Pages
by
Routledge
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Sustainable development is still seen by authorities as an abstract concept. Local Environmental Auditing will help put it into practice.
The book provides a comprehensive guide to monitoring the state of the local environment and establishing the impacts of local actions on global issues, and shows how current local authority policy and practice can be adapted to recognize environmental... Read more
Preface * Part I: Auditing and Sustainability. Introduction * The Nature of Environmental Auditing * Shaping the Process of Auditing * Quest For the Global Grail * Case Studies - Mendip and Sutton * Part II: Auditing Key Policy Areas. Introduction * Nature Conservation * Energy * Transport * Land Use Planning * Conservation and Aesthetics * Pollution Control * Waste and Recycling * The Purchase Audit * Community Awareness * Part III: Analysis of Current Practice. Introduction * Developing and Auditing Strategy * Management of the EA Process * Prospects for the Future * Appendices* Bibliography * Index
Biography
Hugh Barton is a senior lecturer and Noel Bruder a researcher in the Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of the West of England
