The bottom line : industry and the environment in South Africa / / edited by Lael Bethlehem and Michael Goldblatt

• Pubblicazione: Cape Town, : University of Cape Town Press, 1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.968
• Soggetto topico: Industries - South Africa; Industries - Environmental aspects - South Africa; Environmental protection - South Africa
• Altri autori: BethlehemLael GoldblattMichael
• Note generali: "Industrial Strategy Project"--Cover.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Preface""; ""Foreword""; ""Acronyms and abbreviations""; ""Contributors""; ""Introduction: Issues and perspectives""; ""An environmental characterisation of the economy""; ""The challenge of sustainable development""; ""A sustainable development path for South African industry?""; ""How does this volume begin to answer these questions?""; ""Chapter 1 The legislative framework: Environmental law, investment and industrial practice""; ""Introduction""; ""The impact of the constitution on environmental law"" ; ""Environmental legislation regulating industrial projects""""Regulation of new industrial projects by environmental law""; ""Decision-making in a context of regulatory uncertainty""; ""The way forward""; ""Chapter 2 Cheap energyâ€?at what cost? Externalities in South Africa's electricity sector""; ""Introduction""; ""Theoretical and methodological issues""; ""Externality valuation: The international experience""; ""Externalities in South Africa's fuel cycle""; ""Summary of results and limitations""; ""Implications for South Africa's development policy""; ""Conclusion"" ; ""Chapter 3 Catalysing change: International environmental pressures on South African exporters""""Introduction""; ""Sectoral experiences""; ""Understanding the trends""; ""The impact of international environmental pressures""; ""Management and policy implications""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 4 Green trade restrictions? Some macroeconomic and environmental consequences""; ""Introduction""; ""The model and the base run""; ""The environmental block""; ""Simulations""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 5 Registering pollution: The prospects for a pollution information system""; ""Introduction"" ; ""Pollution control: A new industrial sector""""The waste legacy and its costs""; ""The need for integrated pollution control""; ""The role of information in pollution control""; ""State of the nation: The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism survey""; ""Pollution information systems""; ""International experience with pollution release inventories""; ""A pollution release inventory in South Africa?""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 6 Small business management: A case study from the Western Cape automotive sector""; ""Introduction""; ""Small business development in South Africa"" ; ""The environmental management of SMME""""Case study: SMMEs in the automotive service sector""; ""Lessons for the environmental management of SMMEs""; ""Concluding remarks""; ""Chapter 7 Unions and environment: Life, health and the pursuit of employment""; ""Introduction""; ""The health, safety and environment continuum""; ""Looking back and looking forward""; ""Structures and policies: Are unions adequately equipped?""; ""Challenges for the future: Priority issues in health, safety and environment""; ""Conclusion"" ; ""Chapter 8 Lessons from Thor Chemicals: The links between health, safety and environmental protection""
• Sommario/riassunto: All economic activity in Africa --- and particularly South Africa --- depends on the environment. Spurred on by the repeated destruction of this environment, the international community has begun to pay more and more attention to the environment in general and the environmental effects of industry in particular. This book comprehensively covers the issues facing the modern environmental management of industry, making a significant contribution to the debates surrounding these issues. Written from an industrial policy perspective, "The Bottom Line" explores the key issues facing industrial environmental management, including: * the relationship between environmental legislation and new investments* international environmental pressures on South African exporters* environmental management of small and medium-sized enterprises* links between health, safety and the environment* the role of trade unions in environmental management* pollution inventories and other environmental information systems
• Titolo autorizzato: The bottom line
• ISBN: 1-282-05492-9; 9786612054921; 1-55250-442-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910279586303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II