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Business Strategy and the Environment: Implementing European Environmental Management Systems 商业战略与环境:实施欧洲环境管理体系

Environment Scotland Pub Date : 2019-01-15 DOI: 10.4324/9780429457753-12

P. Strachan

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Sustainability and Sustainable Development 可持续发展与可持续发展

Environment Scotland Pub Date : 2019-01-15 DOI: 10.4324/9780429457753-2

David Silbergh

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Planning and the Parliament: Challenges and Opportunities 规划与议会:挑战与机遇

Environment Scotland Pub Date : 2019-01-15 DOI: 10.4324/9780429457753-7

S. Boyack

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Environment Scotland: An Overview 苏格兰环境:概述

Environment Scotland Pub Date : 2019-01-15 DOI: 10.4324/9780429457753-1

E. Mcdowell, J. McCormick

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Sustainable Development in a Small Country: The global and European agenda 小国的可持续发展:全球和欧洲议程

Environment Scotland Pub Date : 2019-01-15 DOI: 10.4324/9780429457753-13

Kevin Dunion