Environmental Management Readings and Case Studies [Paperback]

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• 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.

Introduction and Guide to Further Reading.

Part I: Managing the Biosphere:.

Introduction and Guide to Further Reading.

1. The Future of Biodiversity: Stuart L. Pimm, Gareth J. Russell, John L. Gittleman and Thomas M. Brooks.

2. Catastrophes, Phase Shifts, and Large-Scale Degradation of a Caribbean Coral Reef: Terence P. Hughes.

3. The World's Imperiled Fish: Carl Safina.

4. Valuation of an Amazonian Rainforest: Charles M. Peters, Alwyn H. Gentry and Robert O. Mendelsohn.

5. Making Biodiversity Conservation Profitable: A Case Study of the Merck/INBIO Agreement.

Part II: Predicting and Managing Atmospheric Change: .

Introduction and Guide to Further Reading.

6. Evidence for General Instability of Past Climate from a 250-kyr Ice Core Record: W. Dansgaard, S. J. Johnson, H. B. Clausen, D. Dahl-Jensen, N. S. Gundestrup, C. U. Hammer, C. S. Hvidberg, J. P. Steggensen, A. E. Sveinbjornsdottir, J. Jouzel and G. Bond.

7. Atmospheric Effects of the Mt Pinatubo Eruption: Patrick McCormick, Larry W. Thomason and Charles R. Trepte.

8. Air Pollution in the World's Megacities.