Managing Human and Social Systems

ISBN-13: 9781138342682 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 520 str.

Brian D. Fath; Sven Erik Jorgensen

Opis

This book introduces environmental tools and their application to human and social systems. It explains how these systems function and provides strategies on how to best manage them. It serves as an excellent resource for finding basic knowledge on human/social systems and important problems that environmental managers face today.

Spis treści

Section I: APC: Anthropogenic Chemicals and Activities 1. Food: Pesticide Contamination 2. Human Health: Consumer Concerns to Pesticides 3. Human Health: Endocrine Disruption 4. Human Health: Pesticides 5. Nanoparticles 6. Pharmaceuticals: Treatment Section II: COV: Comparative Overviews of Important Topics for Environmental Management 7. Buildings: Climate Change 8. Economic Growth: Slower by Design, Not Disaster 9. Food–Energy–Water Nexus 10. Geographic Information System (GIS): Land Use Planning 11. Industrial Networks 12. Land Restoration 13. Limits to Growth 14. Nuclear Energy: Economics 15. Remote Sensing and GIS Integration 16. Solid Waste: Municipal 17. Sustainability and Planning 18. Sustainable Development 19. Urban Agriculture Section III: CSS: Case Studies of Environmental Management 20. Cell Tower Procurement: Public School Placement 21. Community-Based Monitoring: Ngarenanyuki, Tanzania 22. Developing Countries: Pesticide Health Impacts 23. Insulation: Facilities Section IV: DIA: Diagnostic Tools: Monitoring, Ecological Modeling, Ecological Indicators, and Ecological Services 24. Environmental Accounting: A Tool for Supporting Environmental Management and Nature Conservation 25. Remote Sensing: Pollution 26. Solid Waste Management: Life Cycle Assessment 27. Sustainable Development: Ecological Footprint in Accounting 28. Environmental Legislation: Asia Section V: ELE: Focuses on the Use of Legislation or Policy to Address Environmental Problems 29. Environmental Policy 30. Environmental Policy: Innovations 31. Food Quality Protection Act 32. Food: Cosmetic Standards 33. Laws and Regulations: Food 34. Laws and Regulations: Pesticides 35. Laws and Regulations: Rotterdam Convention 36. Laws and Regulations: Soil 37. LEED-EB: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings 38. LEED-NC: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for New Construction 39. Nanomaterials: Regulation and Risk Assessment Section VI: ENT: Environmental Management Using Environmental Technologies 40. Industrial Waste: Soil Pollution and Remediation 41. Pest Management: Crop Diversity 42. Pest Management: Intercropping 43. Precision Agriculture: Water and Nutrient Management Section VII: PRO: Basic Environmental Processes 44. Green Processes and Projects: Systems Analysis 45. Green Products: Production