Environmental management

Banking and finance play a fundamental role in public policy and economic performance as well as in all forms of commerce and industry.

This text highlights the role that renewable energy can play in achieving sustainable development.

This text highlights the role that renewable energy can play in achieving sustainable development.

This text is divided into three parts.

Modelling is an important tool for understanding the complexity of forest ecosystems and the variety of interactions of ecosystem components, processes and values.

Modelling is an important tool for understanding the complexity of forest ecosystems and the variety of interactions of ecosystem components, processes and values.

There is a growing recognition that the diversity of life comprises both biological and cultural diversity.

This book investigates the emergence of organic food and farming as a social movement.

This book investigates the emergence of organic food and farming as a social movement.

The dry forests and woodlands of Sub-Saharan Africa are major ecosystems, with a broad range of strong economic and cultural incentives for keeping them intact.

The dry forests and woodlands of Sub-Saharan Africa are major ecosystems, with a broad range of strong economic and cultural incentives for keeping them intact.

Tall buildings represent one of the most energy-intensive architectural typologies, while at the same time offering the high density work and living conditions that many believe will an important constituent of future sustainable communities.

Tall buildings represent one of the most energy-intensive architectural typologies, while at the same time offering the high density work and living conditions that many believe will an important constituent of future sustainable communities.

Published with ISME, ITTO and project partners FAO, UNESCO-MAB, UNEP-WCMC and UNU-INWEH This atlas provides the first truly global assessment of the state of the world's mangroves.

Published with ISME, ITTO and project partners FAO, UNESCO-MAB, UNEP-WCMC and UNU-INWEH This atlas provides the first truly global assessment of the state of the world's mangroves.

Sacred Natural Sites are the world's oldest protected places.

Sacred Natural Sites are the world's oldest protected places.

Food, water and energy form some of the basic elements of sustainability considerations.

Food, water and energy form some of the basic elements of sustainability considerations.

The fisheries sector is in crisis.

The fisheries sector is in crisis.

Food is increasingly traded internationally, thereby transforming the organization of food production and consumption globally and influencing most food-related practices.

Food is increasingly traded internationally, thereby transforming the organization of food production and consumption globally and influencing most food-related practices.

This book provides a critical assessment of the contemporary global food system in light of the heightening food crisis, as evidence of its failure to achieve food security for the world's population.

This book provides a critical assessment of the contemporary global food system in light of the heightening food crisis, as evidence of its failure to achieve food security for the world's population.

Over the last five years, the corporate sustainability debate has shifted from one of compliance to one of strategic competitive advantage.

Over the last five years, the corporate sustainability debate has shifted from one of compliance to one of strategic competitive advantage.

Written by an economist and an investment professional, this book addresses the twin crises that the world is facing in the form of a simultaneous financial and environmental credit crunch.

Written by an economist and an investment professional, this book addresses the twin crises that the world is facing in the form of a simultaneous financial and environmental credit crunch.

Carbon dioxide and global climate change are largely invisible, and the prevailing imagery of climate change is often remote (such as ice floes melting) or abstract and scientific (charts and global temperature maps).

Carbon dioxide and global climate change are largely invisible, and the prevailing imagery of climate change is often remote (such as ice floes melting) or abstract and scientific (charts and global temperature maps).

The sharp rise in mineral use has revived concern about scarcity.

Prato and Fagre offer the first systematic, multi-disciplinary assessment of the challenges involved in managing the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem (CCE), an area of the Rocky Mountains that includes northwestern Montana, southwestern Alberta, and southeastern British Columbia.

The remarkably rich natural environment of Malaysia attracts the interest of both industry and the environmental community.

The remarkably rich natural environment of Malaysia attracts the interest of both industry and the environmental community.

As Thomas Sterner points out, the economic 'toolkit' for dealing with environmental problems has become formidable.

As Thomas Sterner points out, the economic 'toolkit' for dealing with environmental problems has become formidable.

As a water-scarce state with deep cultural attachments to private property rights, Texas has taken a unique evolutionary path with regard to water management.

As a water-scarce state with deep cultural attachments to private property rights, Texas has taken a unique evolutionary path with regard to water management.

In America's arid southwest, climate change will occur in the context of already-keen competition for water for agriculture, urban growth, electricity generation, water-based recreation, and environmental protections.

In America's arid southwest, climate change will occur in the context of already-keen competition for water for agriculture, urban growth, electricity generation, water-based recreation, and environmental protections.

Market-based solutions to environmental problems offer great promise, but require complex public policies that take into account the many institutional factors necessary for the market to work and that guard against the social forces that can derail good public policies.

Market-based solutions to environmental problems offer great promise, but require complex public policies that take into account the many institutional factors necessary for the market to work and that guard against the social forces that can derail good public policies.

Florida's Water poses fundamental questions about water sustainability in the United States' fourth largest state.

Florida's Water poses fundamental questions about water sustainability in the United States' fourth largest state.

Since the early 1990s, voluntary programs have played an increasingly prominent role in environmental management in the U.

Since the early 1990s, voluntary programs have played an increasingly prominent role in environmental management in the U.

This book is a firsthand investigation into water management in a fast-growing region of the arid American West.

This book is a firsthand investigation into water management in a fast-growing region of the arid American West.

Collaboration has become a popular approach to environmental policy, planning, and management.