Daniel T. Rogers

Fundamentals of Environmental Law and Compliance (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This textbook provides readers with the fundamentals and the intent of environmental regulations so that compliance can be greatly improved and streamlined. Through numerous examples and case studies, it explains concepts from how environmental laws are applied and work to why pollution prevention and sustainability are critical for the future of all life on Earth. It is organized to accommodate different needs of students with different backgrounds and career choices. It is also useful for site safety and environmental managers, researchers, technicians, and other young professionals with a desire to apply environmental regulations and sustainability measures to their facilities and stay up to date on recently changed regulations.

FEATURES

• Introduces students to issues of global environmental and sustainability challenges and policy
• Explains the science behind issues such as climate change, how environmental policy is made at the national and international levels, and what role politics play in determining environmental resource use
• Focuses on fundamental principles that are applicable in all nations and legal contexts
• Addresses the planet as one biosphere and briefly discusses environmental laws and regulations of more than 50 countries
• Provides numerous case studies that demonstrate major concepts and themes, examples, questions, and exercises to strengthen understanding and promote critical thinking, discussion, and debate

This book will benefit students in advanced undergraduate and graduate programs in environmental sciences and environmental engineering. It will also be of use to new practitioners who are entering the field of environmental management and need an introduction to environmental regulations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 460
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000635102
• Artikelnr.: 64096797

Autorenporträt

Daniel T. Rogers is Director of Environmental Affairs at Amsted Industries Incorporated in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Rogers participates in environmental due diligence for acquisitions and divestitures, investigation and remediation of contamination, creating and evaluating environmental compliance and sustainability programs, and providing environmental advice, oversight, training, and negotiation strategies at various levels within the organization. Mr. Rogers has published over 100 research papers in professional and academic publications and peer-reviewed journals on subjects including environmental geology, hydrogeology, geologic vulnerability and mapping, contaminant fate and transport, urban geology, environmental site investigations, contaminant risk, brownfield re-development, remediation, pollution prevention, environmental compliance and management, and sustainable development. He has authored Environmental Compliance and Sustainability: Global Challenges and Perspectives (2019), Urban Watersheds: Geology, Contamination, Environmental Regulations, and Sustainability, 2nd Edition (2020). He has taught geology and environmental chemistry at Eastern Michigan University and The University of Michigan and has presented guest lectures at several colleges and universities both in the United States and internationally.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Themes and Overview of Fundamentals of Environmental Law and Compliance
2. The History of the Environmental Movement in the United States 3.
Nature's Response to Contamination 4. Conducting Science-Based
Environmental Investigations 5. Methods and Cost of Restoring Historical
Anthropogenic Damage to Nature 6. The Challenges and Opportunities of
Addressing Climate Change 7. Protecting the Air through Environmental
Regulations 8. Protecting the Water through Environmental Regulations 9.
Protecting the Land through Environmental Regulations 10. Protecting Living
Organisms and Cultural and Historic Sites 11. An Analysis of Global
Pollution Assessments and Standards 12. Summary of Environmental
Regulations of North and South America 13. Summary of Environmental
Regulations of Europe and Africa 14. Summary of Environmental Regulations
of Asia and Oceania 15. Evaluation and Status of Global Environmental
Regulations 16. Environmental Protection and Sustainability at the Global
Level 17. Environmental Protection and Sustainability at the National Level
18. Environmental Protection and Sustainability at the Individual Level 19.
Achieving and Maintaining Compliance with Environmental Regulations