Environmental Management: The Basics is a comprehensive introduction to the theory and process of environmental management. It considers the complexity and inter-relatedness of environmental management issues and introduces the idea of effective management as an integrated process comprising inputs from science, law, economics and policy. Critically analysing the strengths and weaknesses of approaches to management with reference to global case studies, it answers such questions as: Why do we try to manage the environment? How should we decide what method to use? How do we...