Biosecurity issues in rural areas including the rural-urban fringe have been on the national government agenda for decades. However, these issues are rarely linked to the land use pattern and the planning processes that frame the peri-urbanisation process. International, national, regional and localised stressors leading to each new biosecurity threat seem to constantly overshadow the ongoing t...

a Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1490, United States b Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz-Landau, D-76829 Landau, Germany c Department of Disturbance Ecology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research, University of Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany d Department of Biogeography, Bayr...

One of the primary challenges facing ecotourism management is to establish a profitable and ecologically sustainable industry, while simultaneously achieving a satisfying experience for visitors and raising standards of living in the host community. This paper analyses the management practices and challenges faced by two ecotourism attractions on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, namely ...

in today's dynamic and uncertain environment, knowledge is a strategic source for organizations to gain the competitive advantage and innovation. in this research, we have investigated mediating role of knowledge management between environmental uncertainty and organizational innovation. data was collected through questionnaire from 89 large and medium sized manufacturing companies in suburb ma...

orumieh lake due to economic, tourism, microclimate effect, agricultural activities have an important role in the northwest of iran. this lake basin area is 52700 km2 with 102 islands, as known a familiar it as known one of the protected areas, with 186 species of birds, and animals. the water of lake is very salty (240 gr in winter and 260gr in summer) and fluctuation of lake water level threa...

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...

While the mainstream approach to environmental management (EM) has tended to be centralized, adopting a narrow conception of 'environment', there is a growing body of literature supporting a participatory approach which is decentralized, community oriented and holistic in its view of the environment. This paper examines the main principles underlying this development and assesses the opportunit...

The role of environmental management within projects is playing a more and more essential part to the firms and public. Because of the benefit of implementing environmental management, different methods are being used to improve environmental management in projects especially in industry. However, the application of these methods leads to an increase in labor use, materials costs and other cost...