Environmental management for hotels [electronic resource] : a student's handbook / David Kirk.

ISBN:

9780080938370

Title:

Author:

Kirk, David.

Personal Author:

Kirk, David.

Publication Information:

Hoboken : Routledge, 2011, c1996.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (141 p.)

General Note:

Description based upon print version of record.

First published in 1996 by Butterworth Heinemann.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; What do we mean by the environment?; The driving forces for change; Sustainability and the protection of scarce resources; Global environmental issues; Tourism, hospitality and the environment; References and further reading; 2. Environmental management; The environmental system; Environmental policy, strategy and implementation; Environmental impact assessment; Case studies; References and further reading; 3. Water management; Water and the environment; Water supplies; Improving water quality

Control of water consumptionCase studies; References and further reading; 4. Energy management; The principles of energy management; Energy supplies; The energy management programme; Case studies; References and further reading; 5. Management of the indoor environment; The significance of the indoor environment; Chemical hazards; Air quality; Noise; Light; Non-ionizing radiation; Case studies; References and further reading; 6. Materials and waste management; The need for materials and waste management; The waste audit; Product purchasing; Operations management; Environmental pollution

RecyclingCase studies; Summary; References and further reading; Index

Subject Term:

Hotel management.

Hotel management -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Hotels -- Environmental aspects -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. .

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

http://angliss.eblib.com.au/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=472908

Publication Date:

2011

1996

2010

Publication Information:

Hoboken : Routledge, 2011, c1996.

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Shelf Number	Material Type	Copy	Shelf Location	Status
647.940682 KIR	1:E-BOOK	1	1:ONLINE	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Environmental Management for Hotels is a textbook for hospitality students that covers the relatively new field of environmental management. The reader is guided in how to make decisions which allow hotels to obtain optimum benefits for the environment whilst not threatening their own financial viability. Students are given an understanding of both the concepts and practical implications of environmental challenges relating to hotels. The case study material incorporated ties in theory with real life, and provides an international context. The text emphasizes supervisory issues which relate to the management of hospitality operations in ways which are sensitive to the impact on the environment. The main areas of environmental management featured are: *water *energy *the indoor environment *materials and waste.

Author Notes

David Kirk