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Author International Conference on Current Issues of Sustainable Development (7th : 2007 : Opole, Poland)

Title Current issues of sustainable development / guest editors, Joost Platje and Walter Leal Filho
Published [Bradford, England] : Emerald, [2008]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Management of environmental quality, 1477-7835 ; vol. 19, no. 2
Management of environmental quality ; v. 19, no. 2
Contents Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD; Guest editorial; Patterns of environmental management in the Chilean manufacturing industry; Combined geo-electrical and hydro-chemical methods to detect salt-water intrusion; Governance barriers to local sustainable development in Poland; Does the environmental management standard ISO 14001 stimulate sustainable development?; Adaptation of enterprises to the requirements of sustainable development in the light of new institutional economics; An institutional capital approach to sustainable development; Talking about the future within an SME?
Summary This e-book of MEQ contains a selection of papers from the 7th international conference on "Current Issues of Sustainable Development", held in April 2007 in Opole (Poland), as well as two interesting further papers on environmental management in Chile and Saudi Arabia. The papers consider the importance of institutions and governance, as well as the role of business for sustainable development and environmental management issues. The institutional basis for environmental management and sustainable development is likely to increase in importance in a world where not only the economy is globali
Notes Title from PDF cover (viewed August 13, 2008)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Sustainable development -- Congresses
Environmental management -- Congresses
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
Environmental management.
Sustainable development.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Form Electronic book
Author Platje, Joost
Leal Filho, Walter
ISBN 9781846638114
1846638119