A risk assessment approach in selecting environmental performance indicators

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 126-139

  Diakaki, Christina ^a   Grigoroudis, Evangelos ^b   Stabouli, Maria ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Environmental Management; Performance measures; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645021350     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777830610650456     Document Type: Article

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