Management of Environmental Quality: Volume 29 Issue 3

EQ&OR: environmental quality and operations research

Surya Prakash Singh

Urban emptiness as a resource for sustainable urban development

Marina Petrova, Aleksandra Nenko

The purpose of this paper is to develop an approach to urban environment management through analysis of “urban emptiness” based on user-generated big data.

Interdependence among dimensions of sustainability: Evidence from the Indian leather industry

Sandeep Kumar Gupta, Uday Shanker Racherla

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the interdependence among dimensions of sustainability, i.e. economic, social and environmental performance, this study focuses on…

“Pollution prevention” is the key to drive sustainability: Preliminary findings from a tannery unit in India

Sandeep Kumar Gupta, Sanjeev Gupta, S. Gayathiri

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the difference in firm performance between pollution prevention and pollution control strategies using a selected case study from the…

Analyzing disposition strategies in reverse supply chains: fuzzy TOPSIS approach

Rajesh Kumar Singh, Saurabh Agrawal

The purpose of this paper is to explore the product disposition strategies in reverse supply chains and to develop a framework to prioritize these strategies for effective reverse…

Deriving the hierarchical relationship of factors of fly ash handling

Sushil, Surya Prakash Singh, Aarti Singh

The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework of fly ash (FA) handling by using the total interpretive structural modeling (TISM) technique in the Indian context.

Modelling the drivers of healthcare waste management in India: a policy perspective

Ankur Chauhan, Amol Singh

The purpose of this paper is to explore the drivers of healthcare waste management from literature review and field survey and model these drivers for understanding the…

Environmentally sustainable stochastic procurement model

Harpreet Kaur, Surya Prakash Singh

Procurement planning has always been a huge and challenging activity for business firms, especially in manufacturing. With government legislations about global concern over carbon…

Environmental impact assessment framework for product packaging

Sumer Singh, Jyoti Kumar, P.V.M. Rao

The purpose of this paper is to investigate and propose a framework for environmental impact assessment of packaging material being used to package a product.

Conceptual frameworks for the drivers and barriers of integrated sustainable solid waste management: A TISM approach

Gahana Gopal C., Yogesh B. Patil, Shibin K.T., Anand Prakash

The purpose of this paper is to formulate frameworks for the drivers and barriers of integrated sustainable solid waste management (ISSWM) with reference to conditions prevailing…

Solid waste management practice in Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Adeniyi Samson Afolabi, Hafeez Idowu Agbabiaka, Abel Omoniyi Afon, Akinkunle Akintan Akinbinu, Emmanuel Adetayo Adefisoye

Hospital solid waste may cause serious health hazards and impair the quality of life of the community through transmission of diseases and injury if not properly managed…

Refuse dumpsite and its associated pollutants: Spatial variations of the impact of leachates on groundwater quality

Nicholas Adesina Ojo-Awo, Hafeez Idowu Agbabiaka, Abiola O. Ilesanmi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the physico-chemical properties of the groundwater surrounding the Solous (solid waste dumpsite) at Isheri, Lagos, Nigeria.