Management of Environmental Quality: Volume 28 Issue 3

Energy system retrofit in a public services building

João Rafael Galvão, Licinio Moreira, Gonçalo Gaspar, Samuel Vindeirinho, Sérgio Leitão

Taking into account the current relevance of the concept of smart city connected with the Internet of Things, this work aims to study the implementation of this concept by…

Sustainable R&D and innovation system comparisons of India, Russia, Mexico and Turkey

Şiir Kılkış

The purpose of this paper is to define and measure the outputs of a specific kind of innovation system, namely a sustainability-oriented innovation system (SoIS) for India…

The balanced scorecard as a tool for environmental management: Approaching the business context to the public sector

Sónia Monteiro, Verónica Ribeiro

The purpose of this paper is to present the different possibilities set out in the literature for the integration of environmental issues into the balanced scorecard (BSC), not…

Climate adaptation strategies: cohesion policy 2014-2020 and prospects for Greek regions

Elisavet Thoidou

The purpose of this paper is to examine the framework of the EU cohesion policy 2014-2020 with respect to its potential to secure not only the resources necessary for climate…

Alternative tourism forms: the example of Drymia in Eastern Macedonia – Thrace District

Konstantina Lantitsou

The purpose of this paper is to document the contribution of alternative forms of tourism in the eco-development of mountain areas with rich natural and cultural environment.

Aquifer vulnerability to pollution of Oum El-Bouaghi region in North East of Algeria

Nadjet Zair, Salah Chaab, Catherine Bertrand

The purpose of this paper is to assess the vulnerability of the aquifer using two models of analysis (DRASTIC and GOD) that were applied in practice in the regions of Bir…

Polluting till death and beyond: A perception study of the disposal of the dead in a traditional African city

Oluwole Daramola

The purpose of this paper is to examine residents’ perception on the polluting effects of the disposal of the dead in Ile-Ife, a traditional African city. This came about based on…

Spatial distribution of areas susceptible to sheet erosion in computing environment

Ailton Moisés Xavier Fiorentin, Renato Billia Miranda, Dalva Maria de Castro Vitti, Gustavo D’Almeida Scarpinella, Frederico Fabio Mauad

Erosion is the main cause of soil and water degradation, which demands investments for the recovery of such natural resources. The purpose of this paper is to quantify and…

Geochemical speciation and risk assessment of metals in sediments of the Lobo-Broa Reservoir, Brazil

Eduardo Cimino Cervi, Felippe Fernandes, Renato Billia de Miranda, Frederico Fábio Mauad, Leandro Michalovicz, Cristiano Poleto

Brazilian sediment quality criteria were established based on pseudo-total metal contents, which is not suitable to determine their bioavailability and the ecological risk for…

Assessment of the quality of water resources in coastal urban lands of two small catchment rivers, Southwest India

A. Krishnakumar, Revathy Das, Saranya Puthalath

The purpose of this paper is to assess the ground water quality and salinity issues in the fast developing coastal urban lands of two river basins of Thiruvananthapuram district…