Evolutionary and environmental economics have a potentially close relationship. This paper reviews past and identifies potential applications of evolutionary concepts and methods to environmental economics. This covers a number of themes: resource use and ecosystem management; growth and environmental resources; economic and evolutionary progress; and individual behavior and environmental polic...

Risk assessment has been widely used as a tool for the development of waste management facilities. At the strategic level, risk assessment is used to inform decision makers about the planning process. In terms of a specific site, environmental risk assessment is used to identify risk management options. As an engineering tool, risk assessment is used to optimize the mitigation measures required...

it is commonly recognized that knowledge is the only source of core competence of environmental projects in the knowledge based companies, but the productivity rate of knowledge workers is always low. based on knowledge workers’ characteristics, in this paper, we seek to identify knowledge workers factors influencing on the environmental projects risk management success (eprm), then knowledge s...

Importance of this research Almost any process that undertakes actions relies on situational awareness. Such awareness can be supported by using sensors. In dynamic situations the observation task can get complicated and sensors may need to be reconfigured in real time. Choosing the right configuration and allocating the available resources, such as time, of the sensors is very challenging. Thi...

In developed countries, businesses are adopting environmentally friendly management practices, possibly because they are proving profitable. However, the benefits of a corporate environmental strategy are less clear in developing and transition economies, where environmental regulations are poorly enforced and social pressures are weak. Given this lack of clarity, understanding the causes and c...

analysis on both sides of the management/ research fence in a federal land-management agency in areas of wildlife and ecosystem conservation (e.g., Marcot et al. 2006). I can attest that this classical risk-management framework, as applied to public land and natural resource management, just doesn’t work as portrayed in the textbooks. Here’s why, and here are some practical opportunities for mo...

it is commonly recognized that knowledge is the only source of core competence of environmental projects in the knowledge based companies, but the productivity rate of knowledge workers is always low. based on knowledge workers’ characteristics, in this paper, we seek to identify knowledge workers factors influencing on the environmental projects risk management success (eprm), then knowledg...

Sustainable supply chain management has emerged as a key approach for enterprises aiming to become environmentally sustainable. The study will investigate the kinds of environmental management practices that are undertaken by companies in greening the supply chain and how these practices affect the environmental and operational performance of the companies. The study provides additional insight...