Management of Environmental Quality: Volume 25 Issue 6

Accounting for environmental pollution in production function

Siew Hoon Lim

Traditionally, economic production models consider pollution as bads that may be modeled as either outputs or inputs in economic models. The purpose of this paper is to examine…

Effects of livelihood strategies on mangrove-forest resource : Do the consumption behaviour of households jeopardise the forest resource base?

Md. Nasif Ahsan

The cumulative effects of climate change exacerbate interruption of social-ecological system. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the consumption smoothing along…

An ecological review of the WGEEP report (2011) and environmental management planning in India

Jean-Philippe Puyravaud, Priya Davidar

The Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India, set up the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) in March 2010 to provide guidelines for improved management…

Environmental problems in protected areas: Stakeholders’ views with regard to two neighboring National Parks in Greece

Veronika Andrea, Stilianos Tampakis, Georgios Tsantopoulos, Evangelos Manolas

The purpose of this paper is to propose an approach regarding the management measures for solving environmental problems in protected areas. Two neighboring protected areas with…

Environmental management framework of persistent organic pollutants in India: Existing scenario and prospects

Ashwani Sharma

The current situation in India concerning the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants (POPs), aimed at regulating their production and use has…

Understanding public knowledge and awareness on e-waste in an urban setting in India : A case study for Delhi

Swati Kwatra, Suneel Pandey, Sumit Sharma

Despite legislation in place, there is still a gap in knowledge and awareness of the communities on the issues of e-waste handling and management. It is important to understand…

Reduction of carbon emissions in VRP by gravitational search algorithm

S.A. MirHassani, S. Mohammadyari

Nowadays, global warming, due to large-scale emissions of greenhouse gasses, is among top environmental issues. The purpose of this paper is to present a problem involving the…

Assessing the impact of Forestry II program on agricultural productivity in the Arid Zone of Nigeria : A case of Kano and Jigawa State

Idris Nasiru Medugu, M. Rafee Majid, Foziah Johar, Ibijoke Sinami Taiwo

The purpose of this paper is to assess the sustainability of a forestry management strategy in checkmating desert encroachment and it also examines the impacts of the Forestry II…

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