Environmental Management in Practice

preface_Environmental Management in Practice......Page 1 Part _1_final......Page 11 Blank Page......Page 12 01_Curbing Climate Change through a National Development of Climate Change Policy......Page 13 02_Environmental Protection Expenditure in European Union......Page 31 03_Community Ecology and Capacity: Advancing Environmental Communication Strategies among Diverse Stakeholders......Page 47 04_Regional Issues in Environmental Management......Page 77 05_Geo-environmental Terrain Assessments Based on Remote Sensing Tools: A Review of Applications to Hazard Mapping and Control......Page 95 06_The Implementation of IPPC Directive in the Mediterranean Area......Page 129 07_Contaminated Sites and Public Policies in São Paulo State, Brazil......Page 155 08_Sustainable Management of Muddy Coastlines......Page 169 Part_2_final......Page 185 Blank Page......Page 186 09_Indicators of Sustainable Business Practices......Page 187 10_Assessment of Industrial Pollution Load in Lagos, Nigeria by Industrial Pollution Projection System (IPPS) versus Effluent Analysis......Page 217 11_Pollution Prevention in the Pulp and Paper Industries......Page 233 12_Retrofit Approach for the Reduction of Water and Energy Consumption in Pulp and Paper Production Processes......Page 257 13_An Application Model for Sustainability in the Construction Industry......Page 277 14_Assessing the SMEs’ Competitive Strategies on the Impact of Environmental Factors: A Quantitative SWOT Analysis Application......Page 295 15_Implementation of ISO 14000 in Luggage Manufacturing Industry: A Case Study......Page 307 Part_3_final......Page 321 Blank Page......Page 322 16_The Statistical Distributions of Industrial Wastes: an Analysis of the Japanese Establishment Linked Input-output Data......Page 323 17_The Effects of Paper Recycling and its Environmental Impact......Page 339 18_Overview Management Chemical Residues of Laboratories in Academic Institutions in Brazil......Page 361 19_Lengthening Biolubricants ́Lifetime by Using Porous Materials......Page 381 20_A Fuzzy Water Quality Index for Watershed Quality Analysis and Management......Page 397 21_Environmental Management of Wastewater Treatment Plants – the Added Value of the Ecotoxicological Approach......Page 421 22_Technology Roadmap for Wastewater Reuse in Petroleum Refineries in Brazil......Page 435