Perspectives in Environmental Management

The author, experienced in industry and academia, presents a set of 15 recent review essays which identify and examine critical current issues of environmental management. Topics covered include environmental accounting, economics and taxation, environmental audit and insurance, institutional and administrative frameworks, regional environmental planning, international aid and trade, and the growth of ecotourism. The book concludes with a summary of likely trends for the 1990's. Readable, concise, practical, and well-referenced, these essays will be essential reading for corporate and governmental executives, engineers, accountants, and lawyers with any responsibility for environmental management. It will also be an invaluable resource book for university ecologists and environmental scientists and for anyone concerned with the practicalities of today's environmental problems.

1 Critical Problems.- 2 Environmental Sensitivity Mapping: A Regional Planning Tool.- 3 Environmental Accounting: Techniques and Limitations.- 4 Equity, Public Resources and National Accounts.- 5 Economic Instruments of Environmental Policy.- 6 National Audit of Environmental Impact Predictions.- 7 Guidelines for Environmental Audit.- 8 Environmental Insurance.- 9 Shortcomings in Institutional Frameworks.- 10 The Role of Environmental Scientists.- 11 Environmental Research by the Private Sector.- 12 Environmental Planning and Policy for Green Tourism.- 13 Environmental Impacts of Recreation in Parks and Reserves.- 14 Environmental Implications of Development Aid.- 15 Trends in the 1990’s.- Afterword.