This is an evaluation of estimates of the costs of adaptation made by the United NationsFramework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2007 and by some preceding studies(UNFCCC, 2007; Stern, 2006; World Bank, 2006; Oxfam, 2007; UNDP, 2007). The costs havebeen used as the basis for discussion regarding the...

This study investigated the legal compliance of SMEs with water legislation in UK waste management facilities. The research incorporated legislation controlling oil storage, ground water protection and discharges to sewers and surface waters. Compliance audits and SME management and site staff...

This article concerns an investigation of the full scale evacuation of a building with a configuration similar to that of the World Trade Center (WTC) North Tower using computer simulation. A range of evacuation scenarios is explored in order to better understand the evacuation of the WTC on 11...

The performance of a contracting company is closely linked with the quality of the decisions at the strategic level. However, the increasing complexity of organizations’ internal and external environments and the unstructured nature of decisions at the strategic level make the decision making...