Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
languages proficiency the input of international information by students and teach-
ing personnel plays a major role.
Topics addressed in research and practical training of ERM students truly re-
flect real world environmental problems. Any check of current issues in textbooks
of environmental management or a simple Google search would show that all ma-
jor environmental issues are being dealt with. These issues not only span the total-
ity of the challenges but the whole globe. Thus one might say that ERM follows a
universal approach rather than simply a globalised one. Students themselves ac-
tively participate in their scientific and professional career formation by travelling
abroad, independently selecting research topics, coming together for alumni work-
shops, and cooperatively issuing topics with a universal environmental dimension.
From the preceding we can conclude that at BTU Cottbus 'internationalisation'
is not only a nice label, but the concept has been filled with content both on the
levels of teaching and research. The scope of ERM clearly goes beyond the Euro-
pean framework. Instead all emerging economies and many states struggling for
enforcement of a functioning legal system including environmental regulations are
included in the problem catalogue of ERM.
Acknowledgement
I thank Prof. M. Schmidt for the invitation to co-edit this volume and valuable dis-
cussions on indicator-based assessment. I thank N. Zechel, N. Wolfeil, F. Schulz
and K. Golz for providing the data basis for
tables 23.1-4
.
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