Environmental management systems and local community perceptions: The case of petrochemical complexes located in ports

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 236-251

  López Navarro, Miguel Ángel ^a   Tortosa Edo, Vicente ^a   Llorens Monzonís, Jaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Citizens' risk perception; Environmental management systems; Environmental policy; Petrochemical port complexes; Sustainable development; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928271583     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1817     Document Type: Article

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