Management of Environmental Quality: Volume 25 Issue 4

River sediments’ monitoring: impact of tannery discharges

Marco Ostoich, Marco Carcereri, Jvan Barbaro

The tannery industry impacts strongly on water bodies due to the presence of chemical substances, such as chlorides, sulphates, chromium and other pollutants. This study has been…

Land take in the Italian Alps : Assessment and proposals for further development

Stefano Salata

Land use change in the Alpine Regions is dominated by two main factors: a process of re-naturalization and a process of expansion for settlements with the relevant occupation of…

A “fivefold bottom line” approach of implementing and reporting corporate efforts in sustainable business practices

Maria A.O. Dos Santos, Göran Svensson, Carmen Padin

– The purpose of this paper is to describe a “fivefold bottom line” approach in implementing and reporting corporate efforts of sustainable business practices.

Strategic sustainability management and export performance

Carlos Henrique da Rocha Vencato, Clandia Maffini Gomes, Flavia Luciane Scherer, Jordana Marques Kneipp, Roberto Schoproni Bichueti

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the practices of strategic sustainability management and the main indicators of export performance in industrial companies of the rubber…

Environmental health indicators: a review of initiatives worldwide

Catherine Tisch, Amber L. Pearson, Simon Kingham, Barry Borman, David Briggs

The extent to which research into the design and development of environmental health indicators (EHIs) has translated into operational programmes is unclear. The purpose of this…

Enrichment diagram (ED) : A graphic approach for assessing inorganic enrichment and contamination in marine sediments of Sepetiba Bay (SE Brazil)

Andreza Portella Ribeiro, Ana Maria Graciano Figueiredo, José Osman dos Santos, Elizabeth Sonoda Keiko Dantas, Marycel Elena Barboza Cotrim, Paulo Alves de Lima Ferreira, Elvis Joacir de França, Gustavo Silveira Graudenz, Michel Michaelovitch de Mahiques, Rubens Cesar Lopes Figueira, Julio Cesar de Faria Alvim Wasserman

– The purpose of this paper is to validate and apply enrichment diagrams (EDs) to determine metal and as enrichment and contamination in the sediments of Sepetiba Bay.

Water balance of lake-catchment systems with transformed water distribution

Beata Ferencz, Jaroslaw Dawidek

The purpose of this paper is to assess the scale of changes in the distribution of water and their influence on the components of the hydrological balance in two lake catchments…

Assessment of different methods of treatment for an integrated municipal waste management for an Algerian city

Linda Sefouhi, Mehdi Kalla, Lylia Bahmed

– The purpose of this paper is to provide suitable solutions to the management system of the municipal solid waste in an Algerian city.

Environmental Kuznets curve for CO2 emission in Mongolia: an empirical analysis

Khalid Ahmed, Ahmer Qasim Qazi

The paper aims to fill the gap on energy and growth literature for Mongolia. The high growth rate over last decade has substantially increased the energy demand and as a result…

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Linking imports of goods and services to potential impacts on biodiversity

Walter Leal-Filho

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