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(Environmental Management Centre LLP, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
  • Formaat: 337 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jan-2018
  • Kirjastus: CRC Press Inc
  • ISBN-13: 9781498796255
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  • Formaat: 337 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jan-2018
  • Kirjastus: CRC Press Inc
  • ISBN-13: 9781498796255
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This book is about understanding challenges in managing our environment and ensuring sustainability of this planet. It presents the critical state of our resources and threats to resource security due to overconsumption, pollution and poor and uneven governance. Role of key stakeholders such as the Government, Financing Institutions, Business and Communities is important. These stakeholders need to collaborate at multiple levels – viz. Local, Regional, National and Global. Chapters are devoted to describing the role of the above stakeholders with numerous case studies. The book can serve as a textbook to academia, a reference for policy makers and planners and a resource for conducting continuing education programs for the professionals to introduce both the concepts and practice experience on sustainability.

Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Author xix
1 The Challenges We Face Today
1(50)
1.1 Challenges We Face Today: Population, Consumption and Limited Resources
1(1)
1.2 Indicators of Development
1(6)
1.3 Resource Security
7(1)
1.4 The Issues
7(27)
1.4.1 Energy
9(2)
1.4.2 Overexploitation of Minerals and Fossil Fuels
11(1)
1.4.3 Housing
12(4)
1.4.4 Transport
16(1)
1.4.4.1 Aviation
17(1)
1.4.4.2 Vehicles
17(1)
1.4.4.3 Rail Transport
18(1)
1.4.4.4 Sea Routes
19(1)
1.4.5 Water Stress
19(2)
1.4.5.1 Virtual Water
21(1)
1.4.6 Sanitation & Health
22(1)
1.4.7 Air Pollution
23(1)
1.4.7.1 Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
24(1)
1.4.8 Degradation of Land and Agriculture
25(1)
1.4.9 Biodiversity
26(1)
1.4.10 Natural Disasters
27(1)
1.4.11 The Nexus
28(6)
1.5 Key Drivers and Challenges
34(3)
1.5.1 Urban-Rural Polarization
35(1)
1.5.2 Skew in the Global Material Flows
35(2)
1.6 Global Response
37(14)
1.6.1 United Nations
38(3)
1.6.2 Sustainable Development Goals
41(1)
1.6.3 Addressing Resource Efficiency on Global Platform
41(1)
1.6.3.1 The G7/G8
42(2)
1.6.3.2 G20
44(1)
1.6.4 Circular Economy
45(2)
Endnotes
47(4)
2 Response from the National Governments
51(72)
2.1 Introduction
51(1)
2.2 Key Stakeholders in Environmental Management
51(1)
2.3 Guiding Principles
52(3)
2.4 Need for Multi-Level and Multi-Stakeholder Response
55(4)
2.5 Legislative Framework and Institutions
59(7)
2.6 Inclusion of Environmental Rights in the Constitution
66(1)
2.7 Formulation of National Policies
67(1)
2.8 Planning and Zoning Related Directives
67(5)
2.9 Eco-Cities, Eco-Industrial Parks and Eco-Towns
72(12)
2.10 Common Environmental Infrastructure
84(2)
2.11 Laws & Regulations
86(2)
2.12 Environmental Impact Assessment
88(5)
2.13 Integrating Climate Change Considerations in Environmental Impact Assessment
93(3)
2.14 Environmental Standards, Progression and Expanse
96(7)
2.15 Managing Indoor Air Quality
103(1)
2.16 Phasing Out of Substances and Technologies
104(1)
2.17 Green Public Procurement
105(3)
2.18 Market Based Instruments
108(5)
2.18.1 Economic Instruments
109(2)
2.18.2 Information Based Instruments
111(2)
2.19 Environmental Courts and Tribunals
113(10)
Endnotes
117(6)
3 Financial Institutions
123(54)
3.1 Introduction
123(1)
3.2 Development Financing Institutions
123(2)
3.3 Private Sector Finance Institutions
125(1)
3.4 Evolution of Environmental and Social Safeguards at Development Financial Institutions
125(14)
3.4.1 Safeguards Approach of the Development Financing Institutions
130(3)
3.4.1.1 Use of Country Systems
133(1)
3.4.2 Community Driven Development Approach by the World Bank
134(1)
3.4.3 Harmonization of Safeguards
135(2)
3.4.3.1 Rome Declaration on Harmonization
137(1)
3.4.3.2 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness
137(2)
3.5 Evolution of Environmental and Social Safeguards at Private Sector Financing Institutions
139(12)
3.5.1 United Nations Environment Program's Finance Initiative
139(3)
3.5.2 International Finance Corporation
142(1)
3.5.3 Equator Principles (EPs)
143(1)
3.5.4 Addressing Investment Portfolios and Supply-Chain
144(1)
3.5.5 Investment Focus---Energy
144(5)
3.5.6 Investment Focus---Biodiversity
149(1)
3.5.7 Insurance Sector
149(2)
3.6 Financial Intermediary Funds
151(1)
3.7 Climate Finance
152(6)
3.7.1 Green Climate Fund
154(1)
3.7.2 Adaptation Funds
154(2)
3.7.3 Least Developed Countries Fund
156(1)
3.7.4 Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF)
157(1)
3.8 Stock Markets
158(4)
3.9 Green Bonds
162(3)
3.10 Green Bond Indices
165(1)
3.11 Conservation Finance
166(2)
3.11.1 Environmental Impact Bond
167(1)
3.11.2 Rhino Impact Bond Project
168(1)
3.11.3 Forest Bonds
168(1)
3.12 Impact Investing
168(9)
Endnotes
170(7)
4 Business Response
177(42)
4.1 Impact of Government Policies and Legislation
177(5)
4.1.1 Consequences of Non-Compliance
181(1)
4.2 Impact of Economic Instruments
182(1)
4.3 Impact of Information-Based Instruments
183(1)
4.4 From Meeting Compliance to Achieving Competitiveness
184(8)
4.4.1 Cleaner Production
185(1)
4.4.2 Eco-Efficiency
185(1)
4.4.3 Green Productivity
185(1)
4.4.4 Resource Efficient Cleaner Production (RECP)
186(1)
4.4.5 PRE-SME Resource Kit
186(1)
4.4.6 Design for Environment
187(5)
4.5 Life Cycle Thinking
192(1)
4.6 Ecolabels
193(7)
4.7 Influencing Supply Chains
200(4)
4.8 Sustainability Assessment of Technologies
204(2)
4.9 Environmental Management System ISO 14001
206(1)
4.9.1 Evolution of ISO 14001
206(1)
4.10 Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility
207(12)
4.10.1 CSR and Profits
212(1)
4.10.2 CSR Promotes Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation
212(1)
4.10.3 Is Strategic CSR the Solution?
213(1)
Endnotes
214(5)
5 Responses by Business Sectors
219(40)
5.1 Transportation Sector
219(4)
5.2 Information and Communication Technology Sector
223(3)
5.3 Pulp and Paper Sector
226(2)
5.4 Cement Industry
228(1)
5.5 Tourism Sector
229(3)
5.6 Waste Management Sector
232(3)
5.7 Cosmetic Sector
235(1)
5.8 Food & Agriculture Sector
236(3)
5.9 Mining Sector
239(2)
5.10 Social Sector
241(1)
5.11 Collective Industry Responses
242(7)
5.12 Leadership Examples in Sustainability
249(10)
Endnotes
253(6)
6 Community Response
259(48)
6.1 Roles Played by the Community
259(3)
6.1.1 Community and Government
259(2)
6.1.2 Community and Financing Institutions
261(1)
6.1.3 Community and Business
261(1)
6.2 Community and Government
262(16)
6.2.1 Innovative Mechanisms for Involving the Communities
262(3)
6.2.2 Participatory Urban Planning
265(3)
6.2.3 Conservation of Nature
268(3)
6.2.4 Participatory Environmental Monitoring
271(3)
6.2.5 Judicial Activism
274(2)
6.2.6 Compliance Review and Inspection Panels
276(2)
6.3 Microfinance to Empower the Community
278(3)
6.4 Community and Business Organizations
281(4)
6.5 Eco-Entrepreneurship
285(5)
6.6 Education and Sustainability
290(8)
6.6.1 Greening of the Universities
290(3)
6.6.1.1 Green Schools
293(1)
6.6.1.2 Sustainability Literacy
293(2)
6.6.1.3 Learning Cities
295(1)
6.6.2 Traditional (Ecological) Knowledge
295(3)
6.7 Behavioral Change
298(9)
Endnotes
301(6)
Index 307
Prasad Modak is an Alumni of IIT Bombay and holds Doctor of Environmental Engg from Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok. Dr Modak was Professor at Centre for Environmental Science and Engg at IIT Bombay between 1984-1995. Currently, he is back again with his Alma matter as Professor (Adjunct) at Centre for Technology Alternatives in Rural Areas.

Dr Modak runs a strategic consulting company Environmental Management Centre LLP that focuses on sustainability. He is also Director of Ekonnect Knowledge Foundation a Section 8 not for Profit Company with a mandate to impart education and training in the arena of environmental management. Dr Modak was Chief Sustainability Officer at IL&FS Ltd and the first Dean of IL&FS Academy for Applied Development as a Consultant.

Dr Modak has worked with almost all key UN, multi-lateral and bi-lateral developmental institutions in the world. Apart from Government of India and various State Governments, Dr Modaks advice is sought by Governments of Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Mauritius, Thailand and Vietnam. Dr Modak has been invited by several international agencies, public bodies, professional journals and Governments to serve as a Jury and a Reviewer. He has authored and executed more than 500 consulting reports and trained more than 8000 professionals across the World.

Dr Modak has published books with UN University, Oxford University Press, UNEP and Centre for Environmental Education in India. He served as Hon Editor of the Journal of Indian Water Works Association between 1998 and 2004. Recently, he contributed chapters on Waste Management & Recycling in UNEPs Green Economy Report and Global Waste Management Outlook. Dr Modak was the Chief Editor and contributor to the Asia Waste Management Outlook for UNEP.

Dr Modak has been posting blogs since 2014 at https://prasadmodakblog.wordpress.com/ on a regular basis. These posts have resulted into two books captioned Sixty Shades of Green Musings on Sustainability and Blue, Green and Everything in Between. Dr Modak has been the Editor of Sustainability Quotent a quarterly newsletter with the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industries since 2013.

Dr Modak has worked on a number of assignments concerning institutional assessment and capacity building in the field of environmental management. His blend of experience with academic and research institutions, private sector and financing institutions, bi-lateral and multilateral development agencies as well as Governments has provided him an advantage to take a rounded approach. Very recently, in 2015, Dr Modak was invited on the prestigious Indian Resources Panel by for Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change.

Dr Modak has received a number of awards and recognitions and his name has been listed in distinguished personalities on environmental management. He has been recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award of AITAA in 2010 for Significant Contribution to International Affairs. In 2011, Dr Modak was elected by American Association of Environmental Engineers as Board Certified Environmental Engineering Member for his work in Research, Teaching and Professional Practice

Visit www.linkedin.com/in/prasadmodak for Dr Modak's detailed profile.
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