Integrated Approach to Environmental Management

Dibyendu Sarkar is a Professor of Environmental Geochemistry and the Director of the Environmental Management PhD program at Montclair State University, New Jersey. He has published over 300 journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings and technical abstracts including two books. Dr. Sarkar is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, and the Editor-in-Chief of Current Pollution Reports.Rupali Datta is an Associate Professor of Environmental Biology in the Department of Biological Science at Michigan Technological University. She has authored more than 100 research papers and book chapters, and more than 150 abstracts.Avinandan Mukherjee is Professor of Marketing and Dean at the College of Business in Clayton State University, Georgia. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing. He has authored over 100 articles in refereed journals, conference proceedings, and edited books.Robyn Hannigan is Professor and Dean at the School for the Environment in the University of Massachusetts at Boston. Dr. Hannigan has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles across fields of geochemistry and environmental science. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Geological Society of America and an Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow.

• About the Editors ixContributors xiPreface xiiiEndorsements xvSection I Environmental Management: The Natural Science and Engineering Perspective 11 Geology in Environmental Management 3Michael A. Kruge2 Biology in Environmental Management 47Audrey L. Mayer3 Soil Science in Environmental Management 75Nadine Kabengi and Maria Chrysochoou4 Green Chemistry and Ecological Engineering as A Framework for Sustainable Development 97Shyam R. Asolekar, R. Gopichandran, Anand M. Hiremath and Dinesh Kumar5 Green Energy and Climate Change 127R. Gopichandran, Shyam R. Asolekar, Omkar Jani, Dinesh Kumar and Anand M. Hiremath6 Engineering in Environmental Management 151Yang Deng7 Green Architecture in Environmental Management 173Jason Kliwinski and Amy FerdinandSection II Environmental Management: The Business and Social Science Perspective 1938 Business Strategies for Environmental Sustainability 195Avinandan Mukherjee, Naz Onel and Rosita Nuñez9 Green Marketing Strategies 231Mehdi Taghian, Michael Jay Polonsky and Clare D'Souza10 Role of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Factors in Financial Investments 255A. Seddik Meziani11 The Role of Public Relations and Organizational Communication in Environmental Management 277Ricard W. Jensen12 The Economics of Environmental Management 289David Timmons13 Law and Policy in Environmental Management 305Dianne Rahm14 Environmental Ethics 337Tatjana VišakSection III Environmental Management: the Methods and Tools Perspective 36315 Participatory Approaches in Environmental Management 365Stentor B. Danielson16 Statistics in Environmental Management 383Jennifer A. Brown17 Remote Sensing in Environmental Management 397Mark J. Chopping18 Geographic Information Systems in Environmental Management 423Danlin L. Yu and Scott W. Buchanan19 Life Cycle Analysis as a Management Tool in Environmental Systems 441Dimitrios A. Georgakellos20 Environmental Audit in Environmental Management 465Ian T. Nicolson21 Risk Assessment as a Tool in Environmental Management 503Kofi Asante-DuahAppendix A: Supplemental Readings 521Appendix B: Model Syllabus 549Appendix C: Model Environmental Management Curricula (BS, MS, PhD) 579Index 587

"The book provides an up-to-date survey of the field from the perspective of different disciplines, providing a broad focus on the theoretical and methodological under-pinnings of the environmental management." (International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 2016)