ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (2nd Edition)

Humanity has exploited the natural environment for thousands of years but in the last two centuries human impact has increased manifold owing to population growth and technological changes. At the same time we have also witnessed a growing awareness and concern for environmental education.

Environmental management has now become a broad and rapidly evolving discipline because of the serious consequence that have either been experienced by humankind or are likely to happen in future. The second edition of this popular book offers a comprehensive overview of global environmental problems and provides concise, non-technical explanations to various environmental processes and systems. It further incorporates sustainable development as key component of environmental management discourse.

This new edition of “Environmental Management” is bound to remain a favourite essential text for students of environmental science, development studies and geography and will continue to interest all those concerned with the protection of environment.

H.M. Saxena, a senior geographer and a member of Rajasthan Education Service since 1967, served as lecturer and head of the postgraduate department of geography. Later, he became Principal and finally Joint Director, College Education, Government of Rajasthan.

Dr. Saxena has written numerous papers, published in various reputed journals. He is also the author of many books, notable among them are “Environmental Studies, Transport Geography, Environmental Geography, Regulated Agricultural Markets and Dictionary of Physical Geography.” At present, he is actively engaged in research and writing work in the field of economic and environmental geography.