The environment, employment, and sustainable development / edited by Monica Hale and Mike Lachowicz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hale Lachowicz Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Hale, Monica.

Lachowicz, Mike.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development--Europe.

Sustainable development.

Environmental policy--Europe.

Environmental policy.

Pollution control industry--Europe--Employees.

Pollution control industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Environmental policies and initiatives have had a significant impact on businesses and employment practices across Europe. The Environment, Employment and Sustainable Development is a wide-ranging collection featuring contributions by academics and practitioners from countries including the UK, Spain, Switzerland, France, Belgium, The Netherlands and Ireland. Subjects covered include:* the effects of EU environmental directives, programmes and legislation and global conventions and agreements* assessment of environmental training, education and qualifications across Europe

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Foreword The environment as a business issue Klaus Kohlhase; Preface Environmental employment and sustainable development Monica Hale; Acknowledgements; THE ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY IN ENSURING STANDARDISATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ACROSS EUROPE Hilary Hillier; THE ENVIRONMENT AND INDUSTRY Legislation and voluntary standards schemes and their potential effects on environmental employment Rita Raum Degrve; NGO PERSPECTIVES ON ENVIRONMENTAL EMPLOYMENT Raymond Van Ermen

EMPLOYMENT IMPLICATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION Romy ShoveltonGLOBAL CONVENTIONS AND AGREEMENTS AND EC ENVIRONMENTAL DIRECTIVES Kay Hunt; THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION The problem of integration of environmental issues in the policies of Mediterranean countries Antoni Alarcn; THE ENVIRONMENT AND INDUSTRY Legislation and voluntary standards schemes Rita Raum Degrve; THE IMPACT OF EC ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMES AND LEGISLATION ON EMPLOYMENT James Medhurst; EXPANSION AND PROFESSIONALISATION OF THE EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL EMPLOYMENT SECTOR Monica Hale

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE EUROPEAN JOBS MARKET Jrn PedersenENVIRONMENTAL CAREERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS Nick Jagger; THE ENVIRONMENT; NEW QUALIFICATIONS, NEW COMPETENCIES Challenges and perspectives for employment and training Odile Mear-Harvey; ENVIRONMENTAL EMPLOYMENT The right training for the right jobs Michelle Dobre and Thierry Lavoux; TWO PAN-EUROPEAN INITIATIVES IN COURSE DEVELOPMENT AND NETWORKING Nora Cantini and Karim Zein; QUALIFYING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT Hilary Course; COMPETENCIES IN THE ENVIRONMENT The role of further and higher education Steven Pullan

CHANGING ENVIRONMENT No blueprints for education Peter MaarleveldTHE EVOLUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CAREERS Bernard Giovannini; PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION IN THE ENVIRONMENT ACROSS EUROPE First and Second Diplomas Directives Alice McLure; CAREER ROUTES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS UK survey Eirene Williams; DEVELOPING THE SKILLS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS IN EUROPE Sue Everett; SKILLS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS Towards a European framework Martin Cahn; REACHING A COMMON LANGUAGE OF SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Martin Cahn; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

9780203014561

0203014561

9781134679454

1134679459

9781280334184

1280334185

9781134679461

1134679467

9780203265703

020326570X

OCLC:

263594903