True green : executive effectiveness in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / edited by Gerald Andrews Emison and John C. Morris.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Emison, Gerald A.

Morris, John C. (John Charles), 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--United States--History.

Environmental policy.

Environmental protection--United States--History.

Environmental protection.

United States. Environmental Protection Agency--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Environmental Protection Agency--Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book captures the experiences of effective federal environmental executives in order to learn the environmental as well as the management practices upon which actual public service improvement is based. It provides, in their own voices, executives' insights of over two hundred years of management experience protecting national environmental quality.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1 Call and Response; 2 Managing a Conventional Path; 3 The Challenges of Pesticide Regulation; 4 Leading at the Intergovernmental Boundary; 5 The Tortuous Road to "No Net Loss" of Wetlands; 6 Taking the Franchising Route to Solve an Environmental Problem; 7 Protection in a Non-Regulatory World; 8 Formal Systems for Planning and Management; 9 Lessons for Leadership in Environmental Management; About the Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-82-16-34687-6

0-7391-7130-5

0-7391-7131-3

OCLC:

852758576