Management of Environmental Quality: Volume 15 Issue 1
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An International JournalTable of contents
The potential of advanced treatment methods for sewage sludge
Elisabeth Neyens, Jan Baeyens, Bart De heyder, Marjoleine WeemaesExcess sludge is an inevitable drawback of the waste‐activated sludge process. Both the reduction of the amount of sludge produced and improving its dewaterability are of…
Towards sustainable water resources management: A case study from Saxony‐Anhalt, Germany
Volker LüderitzThe European Water Framework Directive is the basis of sustainable water resources management in the European Union. The required “good status” of waterbodies can be achieved only…
Basis and tools for a sustainable development of estuaries and coastal areas: A case study from Cullera Bay
M. Mestres, A. Sánchez‐Arcilla, J.P. Sierra, C. Mösso, J. González del Río, M. RodillaThe Bay of Cullera is an example of a multi‐source polluted coastal environment. As a result of the combined discharge from the Júcar River and the sewage from a marine outfall…
The eco‐efficiency of regions – case Kymenlaakso: ECOREG project 2002‐2004
Matti Melanen, Sirkka Koskela, Ilmo Mäenpää, Marja‐Riitta Hiltunen, Mika ToikkaThe ECOREG project, which is funded by the Life‐Environment programme, aims to demonstrate the concept and implementation of eco‐efficiency, using the Finnish Kymenlaakso region…
Exploitation of renewable energy sources and sustainable management of the territory: Wind farms in Regione Liguria
Paola Solari, Gabriella MinerviniThe need to enhance the exploitation of renewable energy resources marked the starting point in the development of wind farms, also in Regione Liguria. However, the Ligurian sites…
The protection of landscape as a resource: Case study – Monte da Guia protected area (Faial‐Azores)
Lara Bulcão, Luís Ribeiro, Pedro Arsénio, Maria Manuela AbreuThe evolution of the concept of landscape to incorporate components like cultural and socio‐economic factors, in addition to the natural and aesthetic features, influenced the…
Sustainable reclamation of landfill sites
Tjaša Bulc, Nevenka Ferfila, Danijel VrhovšekThe most common form of municipal waste disposal in the EU continues to be landfilling, from which leachate could seriously contaminate ground water aquifers that serve as…
Environmental aspects of using detached breakwaters for coastal protection purposes
Francisco Taveira Pinto, Ana Cristina Valente NevesThe aggravation of erosion, with the consequent reduction and, at the limit, disappearance of beaches has great impact in the environment of the area, in tourism and economy of…
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1477-7835Renamed from:
Environmental Management and HealthOnline date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Malin Song