Environmental Management

The management of the environment, whether locally, nationally or globally, is of crucial economic, social and scientific importance.

• The first reader published for this course.
• Environmental management is one of the most common career paths for environmental studies/science and geography graduates: the courses attract large numbers in senior level/third year and at graduate MA/MSc level.
• Offers a guide to further reading.

The management of the environment, whether locally, nationally or globally, is of crucial economic, social and scientific importance.

• The first reader published for this course.
  
• Environmental management is one of the most common career paths for environmental studies/science and geography graduates: the courses attract large numbers in senior level/third year and at graduate MA/MSc level.
  
• Offers a guide to further reading.

Booknews

Presents 36 recent and historical articles on environmental management arranged in six sections on managing the biosphere, predicting and managing atmosphere change, reducing land degradation, managing water resources, environmental economics, and political and social agendas. Includes section introductions with explanations of each chapter and annotated guides to further reading. For geography and environmental undergraduates, as well as teachers, researchers, and practitioners in environmental management. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Lewis Owen is lecturer in geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, and co-author with Kevin Pickering of An Introduction to Global Environmental Issues.

Tim Unwin is reader in Geography at Royal Holloway and the author of The Place of Geography; he has also written extensively on the geography of the wine industry.