2nd Edition

Environmental Science for Environmental Management

By Timothy O'Riordan Copyright 2000
538 Pages
by Routledge

540 Pages
by Routledge

538 Pages
by Routledge

Environmental Science for Environmental Management has quickly established itself as the leading introduction to environmental science, demonstrating how a more environmental science can create an effective approach to environmental management on different spatial scales. Since publication of the first edition, environmentalism has become an increasing concern on the global political agenda.... Read more

1. Environmental sciences and sustainable development.
2. The global environmental debate.
3. Environmental politics and policy processes.
4. Environmental economics in environmental management.
5. Biodiversity and ethics.
6. Population, vulnerability and criticality.
7. The global warming debate .
8. Coastal management.
9. River processes and management .
10. Managing the oceans.
11. GIS in environmental science.
12. Soil erosion and land degradation.
13. Groundwater pollution and protection.
14. Marine and estuarine pollution.
15. Urban air pollution and public health.
16. Environmental risk management.
17. Energy politics.
18. Preventing disease.
19. Managing the global commons

Biography

Timothy O'Riordan