The Environment, Employment and Sustainable Development

Lachowicz, Mike

ISBN 10: 0415180295 / ISBN 13: 9780415180290

Published by Routledge, 1998

About this Item

Oxford, 1998; clothbound, pp. 224, cm 16x23.

Seller Inventory # 3388403

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Environment, Employment and Sustainable Development
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415180295
• ISBN 13: 9780415180290
• Binding: Rilegato in Tela
• Condition: fine
• Weight: 0.46 kilograms
• Book Type: Libro

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Synopsis

Environmental policies and initiatives have had a significant impact on businesses and employment practices across Europe. The Environment, Employment and Sustainable Development is a wide-ranging collection featuring contributions by academics and practitioners from countries including the UK, Spain, Switzerland, France, Belgium, The Netherlands and Ireland. Subjects covered include:
* the effects of EU environmental directives, programmes and legislation and global conventions and agreements
* assessment of environmental training, education and qualifications across Europe
* national and international case studies
* the commercial logic for businesses in 'going green'
* examination of the growth in the public and private sector of career opportunities for those with environmental expertise.

About the Author

Monica Hale is Director of the London Environment Centre at London Guildhall University. She is the Vice-President of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management and has published widely on environmental issues. Her recent books include Ecology in Education (CUP, 1993) and Environmental Education for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development. Mike Lachowicz is an Associate of the London Environment Centre. He is a freelance trainer in environmental management and an Associate Member of the Institute of Environmental Management.