TY - CHAP AU - Fernando Beiriz AU - Assed Haddad ED - Elzbieta Broniewicz Y1 - 2011-07-05 PY - 2011 T1 - An Application Model for Sustainability in the Construction Industry N2 - In recent years the topic of environmental management has become very common. In sustainable development conditions, central and local governments much more often notice the need of acting in ways that diminish negative impact on environment. Environmental management may take place on many different levels - starting from global level, e.g. climate changes, through national and regional level (environmental policy) and ending on micro level. This publication shows many examples of environmental management. The diversity of presented aspects within environmental management and approaching the subject from the perspective of various countries contributes greatly to the development of environmental management field of research. BT - Environmental Management in Practice SP - Ch. 13 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/22500 DO - 10.5772/22500 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-19 ER -