An existing materials flow model is adapted (using Excel™ and AMBER™ modelplatforms) to account for waste and hidden material flows within a domesticenvironment. Supported by national waste data, the implications of legislativechange, domestic resource depletion and waste technology advances...

In running our increasingly complex business systems, formal risk analyses andrisk management techniques are becoming a more important part of a manager'stool-kit. Moreover, it is also becoming apparent that human behaviour is often aroot or significant contributing cause of system failure. This...

Risk management in the water utility sector is becoming increasingly explicit.However, due to the novelty and complexity of the discipline, utilities areencountering difficulties in defining and institutionalising their riskmanagement processes. In response, the authors have developed a sector...

Risk management in the water utility sector is fast becoming explicit. Here, wedescribe application of a capability model to benchmark the risk managementmaturity of eight water utilities from the UK, Australia and the USA. Ouranalysis codifies risk management practice and offers practical...

Local Government Authorities (LGA) in England and Wales have statutory responsibility for the maintenance of Public Rights of Way (PROW), such as pathways and byways open to non-motorised traffic. The departments responsible have to compete for budgets and justify their expenditure in terms of...

Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in the importance of the rural sector in integrated sustainable development strategies. This timely volume presents a selection of writings which explore the key issues in the debate on the management of the rural environment for sustainable...

Businesses increasingly assume political roles, despite issues of legitimacy. The presented two case studies illustrate how businesses harness their political influence in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices through collaboration and dialog with stakeholders and civil society actors....