The use of ISO 14001 in India: More than a certificate on the wall?

Environmental Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 53-65

  Qadir, Samir A ^a   Gorman, Hugh S ^b  

^a Potomac Hudson Engineering   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; STAKEHOLDER; STANDARD (REGULATION);

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 48349121912     PISSN: 14660466     EISSN: 14660474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1466046608080174     Document Type: Article

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