This study addresses one of the major perceived barriers to Total Quality Environmental Management (TQEM): Total Cost Assessment (TCA). Managers have difficulty assessing the impact of TQEM programs because of the lack of appropriate measures. In order for TQEM investments to be given serious consideration, a process is required for measuring, monitoring and evaluating TQEM by appropriately inc...

Many governments are adopting policies to devolve responsibility for natural resource management to local bodies. Devolution is fuelled by privatization trends, growing fiscal constraints at the state level, and a search for more sustainable resource management. Programs such as Joint Forest Management, Irrigation Management Transfer, or Fisheries Co-Management are all examples of this trend. S...

The integration of risk reduction and climate change adaptation has become an urgent task in addressing increasing urban risk more effectively and efficiently. This paper analyses the extent to which climate change adaptation is integrated into the policies and regulatory frameworks that guide urban risk reduction in Nicaragua, and discusses related progress. The results reveal significant prog...

We live in the age of Big Data, yet many areas of environmental management are still suffering from a lack of relevant data, information and knowledge that impedes sound decision making in the face of change and increasing challenges. A highly relevant phenomenon is therefore the so-called citizen observatories whereby the observations of ordinary citizens, and not just those of professionals a...

Nowadays, more organisations are focusing on how to improve their environmental performance, partly driven by recent regulations in this area. This means that green supply chain management plays an important role over traditional supply chain management. Companies could gain competitive advantage through the proper management of their supply chain activities, for example, purchasing management....

The Project "Strategies and mechanisms for promoting investments in cleaner production in developing countries", implemented by UNEP/DTIE 1 has amid its objectives to build capacity of industry and financiers in assessing cleaner production (CP) based investment proposals, in selected pilot countries . The project has generated training programmes, mainly targeted at industrialists, government ...

The Mekong Regional Environmental Governance (MREG) project is a part of the Resources Policy Support Initiative. REPSI is a World Resources Institute-coordinated collaboration among local, regional and international organizations based and working in the Mekong region. REPSI works towards increasing the capacity and legitimacy of policy-oriented research concerning environment and natural reso...

Decentralized stormwater management is based on the dispersal of stormwater management practices (SWMP) throughout a watershed to manage stormwater runoff volume and potentially restore natural hydrologic processes. This approach to stormwater management is increasingly popular but faces constraints related to land access and citizen engagement. We tested a novel method of environmental managem...

Ð In developing countries, urban clusters of informal ®rms such as brick kilns and leather tanneries can create severe pollution problems. These ®rms are, however, quite dicult to regulate for a variety of technical and political reasons. Drawing on the literature, this paper ®rst develops a list of feasible environmental management policies. It then examines how these policies have fared in f...

Pesticides have been a major contributor to the growth of agricultural productivity and food supply. Yet, they are a source of concern because of human and environmental health side effects. This paper presents methodologies for assessing the productivity and health effects of pesticides. It also provides an overview of some of the major empirical findings. This paper covers major research that...