Citation
(2004), "Climate Change", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 13 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2004.07313aae.002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2004, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Climate Change
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These publications contain the results of a study by the Social Learning Group at MIT that examined how ideas and actions applied to environmental problems formed the foundation for global environmental management. Volume 1 provides an overview of the project, of global environmental management in general, and of the three central environmental issues studied. It also contains individual country studies. Volume 2 contains management function studies, examining such topics as risk assessment, monitoring, goal and strategy formulation, evaluation of the management of risk, and conclusions.