| Description |
1 online resource (396 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Glossary; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Preface; PART I: AUDITING AND SUSTAINABILITY; Introduction; 1 The Nature of Environmental Auditing; 2 Shaping the Process of Auditing; 3 Quest for the Global Grail; 4 Case Studies -- Mendip and Sutton; PART II: AUDITING KEY POLICY AREAS; Introduction; 5 Nature Conservation; 6 Energy; 7 Transport; 8 Land Use Planning; 9 Conservation and Aesthetics; 10 Pollution Control; 11 Waste and Recycling; 12 The Purchase Audit; 13 Community Awareness; PART III: ANALYSIS OF CURRENT PRACTICE |
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Introduction14 Developing an Auditing Strategy; 15 Management of the EA Process; 16 Prospects for the Future; APPENDICES; APPENDIX 1 State of the Environment Report: Checklist; APPENDIX 2 Review of Internal Practices; APPENDIX 3 Policy Impact Analysis: Checklist; APPENDIX 4 The Context for Local Government Environmental Action; APPENDIX 5 The Eco-Management and Audit Scheme; APPENDIX 6 Environmental Indicators; APPENDIX 7 Survey Questionnaire Form; APPENDIX 8 List of Further Contacts; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Sustainable development is still seen by authorities as an abstract concept. Local Environmental Auditing will help put it into practice. The book provides a comprehensive guide to monitoring the state of the local environment and establishing the impacts of local actions on global issues, and shows how current local authority policy and practice can be adapted to recognize environmental priorities. The authors provide both a guide to and an assessment of the subject: they link the processes with the issues, with specific information on carrying out the audit (including checklists, case studies |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Environmental auditing -- Great Britain
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Local government -- Great Britain
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Environmental auditing
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Local government
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bruder, Noel
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| ISBN |
9781134167814 |
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1134167814 |
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9781134167746 |
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1134167741 |
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