Managing for the Environment: Understanding the Legal, Organizational, and Policy Challenges

by Rosemary O'Leary, Robert F. Durant, Daniel J. Fiorino

Book Overview

Named Best Book in Public and Nonprofit Management, 1999-2000 Academy of Management Named Best Book in Environmental Management, 1999 American Society for Public Administration Leaking landfills, oil contamination, illegal waste disposal, andpervasive air pollution . . . Today's managers and policy makersface a multitude of environmental challenges, choices, andopportunities. Some work in the public or private sectors. Some areregulators or regulated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078791004X
• ISBN13: 9780787910044
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

foundation for environmental managment

This book shows an environmental manager the field that he/she will deal with (or already does). It offers helpful advice based on a vast lit review and first hand research/experience. This is a must read for anyone in the field, thinking of going into the field, or just interested in environmental management.