About this book
Contributors include UNIDO, Thailand Environment Institute, Shell Peru, IUCN, Russian Academy of Sciences and IIED.
Contents
Foreword: Carlos Magarinos, Director-General, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation Introduction: Walter Wehrmeyer and Yacob Mulugetta, University of Surrey, UK Section 1: Globalisation 1. The Environmental Challenge of Going Global Gilbert S. Hedstrom, Ronald A.N. McLean and Bernhard H. Metzger, Arthur D. Little, Inc., USA 2. An Essay on Biodiversity and Globalisation Frank Vorhies, IUCN: The World Conservation Organisation, Switzerland 3. Joint Implementation of Climate Change? Distortions in Practice and Effects on Developing Countries Neil E. Harrison, University of Wyoming, USA 4. Financial Globalisation and Sustainable Development in Mexico David Barkin, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico Section 2: Focus on Business 5. The Effect of Environmental Regulations on Industrial Competitiveness of Selected Industries in Developing Countries Ralph (Skip) Luken, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, Austria 6. Multinational Corporations' Environmental Performance in Developing Countries: The Aluminum Company of America Dennis A. Rondinelli, University of North Carolina, USA, and Gyula Vastag, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA 7. ISO 14001: The Severe Challenge for China. An Overview on the Problems China Faced in the Implementation and Certification of ISO 14001 Di Chang-Xing (Mike), ERM Certification and Verification Service, China 8. Environmental Management, Crime and Information: A Russian Case Study Alexey A. Voinov, University of Maryland, USA, Irina P. Glazyrina, GEF Project, Russia, and Bruno Pavoni and Nadezhda A. Zharova, University of Venice, Italy Section 3: National Focus 9. Driving Forces and Barriers to the Implementation of Sound Environmental Management in the Andean Region of Latin America Percy Garcia, Julia Gonzalez and Dixon Thompson, University of Calgary, Canada 10. Environmental Management in Uncertain Economies Alexey A. Voinov, University of Maryland, USA, Irina P. Glazyrina, GEF Project, Russia, and Bruno Pavoni and Nadezhda A. Zharova, University of Venice, Italy 11. Just Green Marketing? State, Business and Environmental Management in Egypt Jeannie Sowers, Princeton University, USA 12. Environmental Management in Thailand: Achievements, Barriers and Future Trends Mandar Parasnis, Thailand Environment Institute 13. The Colombian Road to Environmental Management Emilio Latorre, Universidad del Valle, Colombia Section 4: Trade and the Environment 14. Trade Liberalisation and the Developing World: The Environmental Impact of the Uruguay Round Matthew A. Cole, University of Birmingham, UK 15. Reaping the Benefits: Trade Opportunities for Developing-Country Producers from Sustainable Consumption and Production Nick Robins and Sarah Roberts, International Institute for Environment and Development, UK 16. Multinational Corporations' Impacts on the Environment and Communities in the Developing World: A Synthesis of the Contemporary Debate Titus Moser and Damian Miller, Cambridge University, UK 17. Logging versus Recycling: Problems in the Industrial Ecology of Pulp Manufacturing in South-East Asia David A. Sonnenfeld, Washington State University, USA Section 5: Environmental Management and Sustainable Development 18. Environmental Management and Organisational Change: The Impact of the World Bank Ans Kolk, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands 19. Sustainable Development and the Environment: Lessons from the Development Experience of Kerala State in India Govindan Parayil, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 20. Searching for Sustainability in the Marshall Islands: Development Dreams Clash with Ecological Reality Barbara A. Ribbens, Western Illinois University, USA and Eric Ribbens, University of Evansville, USA 21. The Role of Stakeholder Participation: Linkages to Stakeholder Impact Assessment and Social Capital in Camisea, Peru Murray Jones, Shell Prospecting & Development, Peru 22. Indonesia in the 21st Century: Environment at the Crossroads Peter Koffel, Murdoch University, Australia 23. Competing Discourses of Environmental and Water Management in Post-Apartheid South Africa Patrick Bond, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and Robyn Stein, Attorney in environmental and water law, South Africa
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