Determining factors of environmental management practices in Portuguese local entities

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 486-502

  Ribeiro, Verónica Paula Lima ^a   Guzmán, Cristina Aibar ^b   da Silva Monteiro, Sónia Maria ^a   Guzmán, Beatriz Aibar ^b  

^a Instituto Politcnico do Cvado e do Ave   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Local entities; Local government; Portugal; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865130686     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777831211255079     Document Type: Article

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