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Introduction to environmental management
Roles of the environmental manager in a tri-sectoral world
Issues and legal trends that impact your environmental management
Environmental regulation
Navigating the environmental regulatory infrastructure
Ethical environmental management and communication
It begins with a plan : strategic planning and diffusion of innovations
Managing for compliance and performance : "driving between the ditches"
Managing the experts
Managing others to do your job : contracting
Understanding and influencing policy for better environmental management
Looking forward

This contemporary textbook and manual for aspiring or new environmental managers provides the theory and practical examples needed to understand current environmental issues and trends. Each chapter explains the specific skills and concepts needed for today's successful environmental manager, and provides skill development exercises that allow students to relate theory to practice in the profession. Readers will obtain an understanding not only of the field, but also of how professional accountability, evolving science, social equity, and politics affect their work. This foundational textbook provides the scaffolds to allow students to understand the environmental regulatory infrastructure, and how to create partnerships to solve environmental problems ethically and implement successful environmental programs.