TY - GEN AU - Thompson, Dixon TI - Tools for environmental management : a practical introduction and guide SN - 9780889533721 U1 - 333.7 PY - 2002/// CY - Alberta PB - Dixon Thompson N2 - TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Figures xiii List of Tables xvii Acknowledgments xix Foreword xxi Preface xxiii 1. Introduction: The Environmental Manager's Toolbox 1 Dixon Thompson 2. Environmental Management Systems 19 Dixon Thompson and Lisa-Henri Kirkland 3. Analysis of Driving Forces 43 Dixon Thompson and Lisa-Henri Kirkland 4. Analysis of Barriers 60 Lisa-Henri Kirkland and Dixon Thompson 5. Strategic Environmental Management 80 Dixon Thompson 6. Environmental Policy 92 Dixon Thompson 7. Environmental Management Structures 107 Dixon Thompson 8. Environmental Auditing 124 Mel Wilson 9. Education and Training 142 Dixon Thompson 10. Risk Management 156 Lisa-Henri Kirkland and Dixon Thompson 11. Environmental Site Assessment 174 Lisa-Henri Kirkland 12. Environmental Indicators 190 Christine Schuh and Dixon Thompson 13. Environmental Reporting 209 Mel Wilson, Christine Schuh and Dixon Thompson 14. Environmental Impact Assessment 231 William A Ross and Dixon Thompson 15. Environmental Accounting 246 Stephen Hill and Dixon Thompson 16. Economic Instruments for Environmental Management 265 Stephen Hill and Dixon Thompson 17. Product and Technology Assessment 280 Dixon Thompson and Andrew Higgins 18. Life Cycle Assessment 293 Andrew Higgins and Dixon Thompson 19. Environmental Purchasing Guidelines 307 Dixon Thompson with Karla Berg 20. Environmental Communications 321 Lynne Kailan and Dixon Thompson 21. Human Factors as an Environmental Management Tool341 Linda Miller, Edie Adams, and Ron Wardell 22. Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation 354 Maureen Hill and Dixon Thompson 23. Ecosystem-Based Management 370 MichaelS. Quinn 24. The Natural Step 383 Sherry Sian and Dixon Thompson 25. Where Do We Go from Here? 400 Dixon Thompson Endnotes 420 About the Authors 441 Index 447 ER -