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Welcome to the Authoritative and Leading Edge Content for Sustainable Development. The practice of sustainable development is becoming widespread in all industries around the globe today, and both small and large firms are realizing the benefits provided by sustainability. The World Commission on Environment and Development defines sustainable development as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Sustainability implies efforts directed towards preserving the environment, doing more with less (cost savings, profit increasing), reducing dependence on foreign resources such as oil, using alternate forms of energy, etc | SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -AUTHORITATIVE AND LEADING EDGE CONTENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Edited by Sime Curkovic Sustainable Development - Authoritative and Leading Edge Content for Environmental Management http 2562 Edited by Sime Curkovic Contributors . Abdulkareem . Afolabi J. Abdulfatai H. Uthman . Odigure Ekaterina Anyanova Brigitte Leblon Laura Bourgeau-Chavez Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz Koushen Douglas Loh Sasathorn Tapaneeyakul Maria J. Masanet-Llodra Paulo Morgado Marina Toger Patricia Abrantes Jérémy Fiegel Martin Oteng-Ababio Jorge Rocha António Perdigão Raquel Melo Cristina Henriques Gilberto Santos Manuel Rebelo Siria Barros Martinha Pereira Amir Hamzah Sharaai Noor Zalina Mahmood Abdul Halim Sulaiman Cristian Teodorescu Margareta Nicolau Adriana Cuciureanu Marinela Petrescu Doina Guta Ciprian Tetiu Rodica Baciu Cristian Teodorescu Lucian Constantin Margareta Nicolau Aurelia Ballo Cristiana Cosma Massimo Battaglia Tiberio Daddi Francesco Testa Francesco Testa Tiberio Daddi Fabio Iraldo Marco Frey Ray-Yeng Yang Ying-Chih Wu Hwung-Hweng Hwung Antonio Zanin Fabiano Marcos Bagatini Mansoor Zoveidavianpoor Ariffin Samsuri Seyed Reza Shadizadeh Felipe de Jesús Escalona-Alcázar Bianney Escobedo-Arellano Brenda Castillo-Félix Perla Garcia-Sandoval Luz Leticia Gurrola-Menchaca Carlos Carrillo-Castillo Ernesto-Patricio Núnez-Pena Jorge Bluhm-Gutiérrez Alicia Esparza-Martinez Danica Fazekasová Beatriz Gómez-Munoz David J. Hatch Roland Bol Roberto Garcia-Ruiz Nils Max McCune Francisco Guevara-Hernández Jose Nahed-Toral Paula Mendoza-Nazar Jesus Ovando-Cruz Benigno Ruiz-Sesma Leopoldo Medina-Sanson Bosko Josimovic Igor Marie Richard . Kangalawe Stella Kyvelou Maria Sinou Isabelle Baer Toni Papadopoulos Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9 51000 Rijeka Croatia Copyright 2012 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution license which allows users to download copy and build upon