Environmental management
(EM)
Dr. Wasu Chaitree
Creative Silpakorn SU102
Environmental management (EM)
• Environmental management (EM) is associated with the description
and monitoring of environmental changes, with predicting future
changes and with attempts to maximize human benefit and to
minimize environmental degradation due to human activities.
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Associated issues
Environmental Management, M.M. Islam, 2019
Characteristics of environmental
management
• It is associated with the world affected by human
• It is related to sustainable development ➔ meets the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of future generations to
meet their own needs
• It needs a multidisciplinary ways
• It has to integrate different developmental points of views
http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/akurry/files/2011/12/SDspheres.jpg
Multidisciplinary Approach to Environmental
Problems and Sustainability
Edwards, 2018, Encyclopedia of
Sustainability in Higher Education.
Springer, Cham.
Developing countries
• There is urgent need for the management of total environment
• Identify goals
• Establish whether these can be met
• Develop and implement means to do what it deems possible
• For example,
• Identify goals➔ Recycle waste in SU
• Establish whether these can be met➔ Yes or No➔ Yes, Survey reveals that
students and faculties are willing to do
• Develop and implement means to do what it deems possible➔ Launch a
campaign, make an advertisement, put recycle bins around a campus
Significance of EM
• Environmental Management is an approach which integrates
Ecology, Policy making, Planning and Social development. Its
main objectives are as follows:
To develop research institutions and monitoring systems.
To warn threats and identify opportunities.
To suggest measures for resource conservation.
To suggest long-term and short-term policies for sustainable
development.
• To identify new technology for future development
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Assignment: Environmental issues relevant to
Thailand
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Climate change
Deforestation
Air pollution
Waste management
Water pollution
Wildlife
1. Make a presentation for
the class
2. Think about the project
Noise pollution
• What is noise?
• Types of noise
• What is noise pollution?
• Sources of noise pollution
• Effects of noise pollution
• Prevention of noise pollution
• Multidisciplinary approaches for noise pollution reduction
Multidisciplinary approaches for noise
pollution reduction
Engineering, Chemistry,
Physics etc
- Basic knowledge
- Technology and Device
Computer science,
Mathematics etc
- Modelling
Noise pollution
reduction
Law, social science,
political science
- Policy
- Management
- Awareness
Decorative Arts, Fine
Arts, etc
- Advertisement
- Packaging
- Campaign