Subrota Kumar Saha (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Contents 1. Introduction. 2. Audit criteria and tools. 3. Auditing types. 4. Historical perspective of ISO series. 5. The ISO 9000. 6. The ISO 14000. 7. Integration of environmental and quality management system. 8. Case studies and organizations. Bibliography. Appendices. The book is a simple way to know the registration procedure under International Organization for Standardization (ISO) norms. It highlights how ISO series arose its importance to the globalization to our economy and the consequent international competition for our products in terms of quality productivity and environmental safety. In Bangladesh any developmental projects should have clearance from Department of Environment (DoE) before it takes off and quality assurance certificate from Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institute (BSTI) to introduce the products in market. The book is not only designed for registration from international body but also dig out obligation for local quality assurance body like DoE and BSTI. Environmental auditing is essential in any developmental activities and thus a course on environmental auditing is necessary in disciplines of environmental concern. This book is a first time attempt in Bangladesh on environmental auditing and designed for undergraduate and post graduate programme on environmental science and management in universities and colleges. However the book also presents an overview on environmental auditing to be interesting for management professionals. 138 pp.

Hardbound. Condition: As New. New. Contents Prologue. Acronyms. 1. The international aspects of the needs of environmental assessment. 2. Environmental assessment in perspective. 3. EIA process. 4. Methodology. 5. Social impact assessment. 6. The urban environmental impact assessment. 7. EIA in developed countries and aid agencies. 8. EIA and international conventions. 9. Environmental Risk Assessments (EnRa). 10. Monitoring and mitigation. 11. Environmental assessment and cont benefit analysis for sustainability assurance. 12. EIA reporting. The importance of environmental protection and conservation measures has been increasingly recognized during the past two decades. It is now generally accepted that economic development strategies must be compatible with environmental goals. This requires the incorporation of environmental dimensions into the process of development. It is important to make choices and decisions that will eventually promote sound development by understanding the environment functions. A increasing number of developing countries are accepting the principle of environmental screening of development projects at the planning stage and hence are looking for guidelines to environmental impact assessments. Many multi and bilateral agencies stipulate environmental impact assessments of proposed developments as a condition for lending technical assistance and development support. The material in this book has been endorsed for environmental science and studies geography and environment civil and environmental engineering soil science geology sociology economics and business related disciplines. The text has been modified and accumulated with the views from environmental policies of various countries and developing agencies. 170 pp.