Environmental Management

  1. Core Principles and Concepts
    1. Sustainability and Sustainable Development
      1. Definitions and Frameworks
        1. Brundtland Definition
          1. Alternative Definitions
          2. Three Pillars of Sustainability
            1. Environmental Sustainability
              1. Social Sustainability
                1. Economic Sustainability
                  1. Integration Challenges
                  2. Weak vs. Strong Sustainability
                    1. Substitutability of Natural Capital
                      1. Limits to Substitution
                        1. Critical Natural Capital
                      2. The Precautionary Principle
                        1. Definition and Origins
                          1. Application in Policy and Practice
                            1. Criticisms and Limitations
                              1. Implementation Challenges
                              2. The Polluter Pays Principle
                                1. Theoretical Foundation
                                  1. Implementation Mechanisms
                                    1. Economic Instruments
                                      1. Enforcement Issues
                                      2. Environmental Justice and Equity
                                        1. Distributional Equity
                                          1. Procedural Equity
                                            1. Intergenerational Equity
                                              1. Environmental Racism
                                                1. Community-Based Environmental Management
                                                2. Key Ecological Concepts
                                                  1. Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services
                                                    1. Ecosystem Structure and Function
                                                      1. Types of Ecosystem Services
                                                        1. Provisioning Services
                                                          1. Regulating Services
                                                            1. Cultural Services
                                                              1. Supporting Services
                                                              2. Ecosystem Service Valuation
                                                              3. Carrying Capacity
                                                                1. Determinants of Carrying Capacity
                                                                  1. Implications for Management
                                                                    1. Human Carrying Capacity
                                                                    2. Ecological Footprint
                                                                      1. Calculation Methods
                                                                        1. Global and Local Perspectives
                                                                          1. Biocapacity
                                                                          2. Resilience and Tipping Points
                                                                            1. Definitions of Resilience
                                                                              1. Examples of Tipping Points
                                                                                1. Adaptive Management
                                                                                2. Biogeochemical Cycles
                                                                                  1. Carbon Cycle
                                                                                    1. Nitrogen Cycle
                                                                                      1. Water Cycle
                                                                                        1. Phosphorus Cycle
                                                                                          1. Human Impacts on Cycles

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                                                                                      3. Environmental Assessment Tools