Commentary: Toward defining the concept of environmental crime on the basis of sustainability

Environmental Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-124

  Al Damkhi, Ali Mohamed ^a,c   Khuraibet, Ali Mohamed ^a   Abdul Wahab, Sabah Ahmed ^b   Al Attar, Faten Abdul Hameed ^a  

^a MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^c NONE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT; LEGISLATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST; YUGOSLAVIA (PRE-1992);

EID: 67749120341     PISSN: 14660466     EISSN: 14660474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1466046609090115     Document Type: Article

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