Environmental Management and Health: Volume 12 Issue 2
Table of contents
Risk perception interactions in stress and coping facing extreme risks
Esperanza Lopez VazquezNatural and technological catastrophes are worrying our societies at all levels (economical, political, social, psychological) because of the disturbances they generate on the…
Integration of management systems
Antonio Scipioni, Francesca Arena, Mirco Villa, Giovanni SaccarolaQuality management systems have become almost compulsory in many branches of industry in the last few years. A similar development seems to be possible for environmental…
Recycling construction and demolition wastes – a UK perspective
Nigel Lawson, Ian Douglas, Stephen Garvin, Clodagh McGrath, David Manning, Jonathan VetterleinIn England and Wales, the construction industry produces 53.5 Mt of construction and demolition waste (C&D waste) annually, of which 51 percent goes to landfill, 40 percent is…
Eco‐efficiency in corporate budgeting
Roger Burritt, Stefan SchalteggerAny measure of eco‐efficiency requires financial information, for calculating the numerator, and physical information about the environment, for calculating the denominator…
Integrate the environmental dimension – visions for transport
Lars WestermarkPolicies to combat climate change in the transport sector have been identified by European governments, and in the transport council strategy for integrating environmental…
Eco‐efficient products and services through LCA in R&D/design
Staffan Laestadius, Lennart KarlsonIncreasing demand for sustainable development during the last decades has expanded the scope of corporate responsibility to include environmental issues in all levels of…
Reducing environmental pollution caused by construction plant
Roy Morledge, Frank JacksonQuantifiable data produced in a national report by the Environment Agency of England and Wales entitled Water Pollution Incidents in England and Wales 1997 and published by the…
The management of innovation by frontrunner companies in environmental management and health and safety
Gerard ZwetslootA European case study on the relationships of environmental management and health and safety with an emphasis on innovation and organisational learning in five European…
Chemically modified low cost treatment for heavy metal effluent management
R. Saravanane, T. Sundararajan, S. Sivamurthy ReddyThe removal efficiency of lead [Pb(II)], zinc [Zn(II)], nickel [Ni(II)] and chromium [Cr(VI)] from aqueous solutions by adsorption on non‐conventional materials (rice husk and…