Environmental pressures and impacts of public sector organisations: The case of the Portuguese military

Progress in Industrial Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 368-381

  Ramos, Tomás B ^a,c   Alves, Inês ^b,d   Subtil, Rui ^b,d   De Melo, João Joanaz ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c National Board of the Order of Engineers of Portugal

^d UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^e Ministry of Environment for the Review of Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation

Author keywords

Environmental performance; Military; Public sector; Questionnaire survey

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MILITARY LAND; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOLID WASTE; WASTEWATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 44649131928     PISSN: 14768917     EISSN: 14788764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/PIE.2007.015617     Document Type: Article

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