Environmental regulation, sustainability and risk

Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 120-144

  Campbell Gemmell, J ^a   Marian Scott, E ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Better regulation; Environmental regulations; Regulation; Sustainability; Tackling harms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880178139     PISSN: 20408021     EISSN: 2040803x     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SAMPJ-Jan-2012-0003     Document Type: Article

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