New environmental performance baseline for inland ports: A benchmark for the European inland port sector

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 58, Issue , 2016, Pages 29-40

  Seguí, Xavier ^a   Puig, Martí ^a   Quintieri, Eugenio ^b   Wooldridge, Chris ^c   Darbra, Rosa Mari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP)   (Belgium)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Environmental performance; European benchmark; Indicators; Inland ports

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUROPEAN; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INLAND PORT SECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84954288519     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.12.014     Document Type: Article

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