Environmental management: new directions for the twenty-first century
Wilson, Geoff A.
Environmental management: new directions for the twenty-first century - London UCL Press 1997 - 202 p.
The organization of this book reflects this concern. In Part 1 the analytical framework for a more inclusive understanding of environmental management is proposed. In order to appreciate how environmental managers operate within multi-layered environmental management, it is critical to appreciate how a quest for predictability in the face of social and environmental uncer tainty is uppermost in the minds of those managers. As Part II illustrates, the record of the human impact on the environment has been one of intensifying use that has ultimately led to increased uncertainty in environmental manage ment. Part III then analyzes the role of politics, the market, and policies in the efforts of environmental managers to combat uncertainty through the pursuit of predictability in environmental management. Part IV concludes the book by evaluating the possible impact of technological change on the ability of environmental managers to pursue such predictability in the future. It also. suggests that a re-evaluation of environmental management as a process also requires fundamental changes in the nature and purpose of environmental management as a field of study.
This book, thus, constitutes an exploration of a more inclusive understand ing of environmental management. It aims to sketch the broad outlines of such an alternative, although acknowledging all the while that further research will be needed to elaborate this re-evaluation. The book is intended primarily to focus on questioning existing ways of thinking about environmental manage ment. It is hoped that this will contribute to the development of a new under standing of environmental management, both as a process and as a field of study. The assumption is that environmental management is not in need of yet another study about environmental problem solving, but that it requires a more wide-ranging assessment of what environmental management is - and who environmental managers are as a basis for the clarification of research in this field.
This book could not have been written without the help of many people. The suggestions and advice of Andrew Warren, Ian Simmons, Guy Robinson and Rob Burton were helpful in clarifying analytical and empirical issues. Partici pants at the Institute of British Geographers "Environmental Philosophies" session at Strathclyde in January 1996 provided further constructive criticism on some aspects of the analytical framework. Thanks also to James Kneale for useful information on the topic of "virtual geographies".
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Environmental management: new directions for the twenty-first century - London UCL Press 1997 - 202 p.
The organization of this book reflects this concern. In Part 1 the analytical framework for a more inclusive understanding of environmental management is proposed. In order to appreciate how environmental managers operate within multi-layered environmental management, it is critical to appreciate how a quest for predictability in the face of social and environmental uncer tainty is uppermost in the minds of those managers. As Part II illustrates, the record of the human impact on the environment has been one of intensifying use that has ultimately led to increased uncertainty in environmental manage ment. Part III then analyzes the role of politics, the market, and policies in the efforts of environmental managers to combat uncertainty through the pursuit of predictability in environmental management. Part IV concludes the book by evaluating the possible impact of technological change on the ability of environmental managers to pursue such predictability in the future. It also. suggests that a re-evaluation of environmental management as a process also requires fundamental changes in the nature and purpose of environmental management as a field of study.
This book, thus, constitutes an exploration of a more inclusive understand ing of environmental management. It aims to sketch the broad outlines of such an alternative, although acknowledging all the while that further research will be needed to elaborate this re-evaluation. The book is intended primarily to focus on questioning existing ways of thinking about environmental manage ment. It is hoped that this will contribute to the development of a new under standing of environmental management, both as a process and as a field of study. The assumption is that environmental management is not in need of yet another study about environmental problem solving, but that it requires a more wide-ranging assessment of what environmental management is - and who environmental managers are as a basis for the clarification of research in this field.
This book could not have been written without the help of many people. The suggestions and advice of Andrew Warren, Ian Simmons, Guy Robinson and Rob Burton were helpful in clarifying analytical and empirical issues. Partici pants at the Institute of British Geographers "Environmental Philosophies" session at Strathclyde in January 1996 provided further constructive criticism on some aspects of the analytical framework. Thanks also to James Kneale for useful information on the topic of "virtual geographies".
1857284631
Environment -management
333.715 WIL