The management of the environment, whether locally, nationally or globally, is of crucial economic, social and scientific importance.

• The first reader published for this course.
• Environmental management is one of the most common career paths for environmental studies/science and geography graduates: the courses attract large numbers in senior level/third year and at graduate MA/MSc level.
• Offers a guide to further reading.

Tim Unwin is reader in Geography at Royal Holloway and the author of The Place of Geography; he has also written extensively on the geography of the wine industry.