Development of an EMS planning framework for environmental management practices

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 688-709

  Pun, Kit Fai ^a   Hui, Ip Kee ^b   Lau, Henry C W ^c   Law, Hang Wai ^b   Lewis, Winston G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Environmental management strategy; Planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 32044466780     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710210429573     Document Type: Article

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