ISO 14001 as an environmental capacity building tool - Variations among nations

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2773-2779

  Kerret, Dorit ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CAPACITY (EC); INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

BUILDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INDUSTRY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CAPACITY BUILDING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; LAW; LICENCE; MOTIVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STANDARD;

CERTIFICATION; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; INDUSTRY; ISRAEL; JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ISRAEL; JAPAN; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42149120137     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es702123p     Document Type: Article

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