International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development  (IJESD)
ISSN (Online): 1478-7466  -  ISSN (Print): 1474-6778

Published in 4 issues per year  (View Subscription Price)

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   Objectives

The issue of environment and sustainable development is a complex one. Often environmental and development matters are intertwined and a holistic understanding of them is necessary to achieve long-term progress. IJESD intends to act as an outlet for papers dealing with the issues raised in an interdisciplinary way. Specifically, it reports on initiatives involving environmental improvements in developing and industrialised nations, disseminates case studies, projects and programmes and reports on the findings of studies and research on environment and sustainable development. It will also foster information exchange with respect to pilot projects on transport, recycling, waste management and analysis of legislation and appraisals of the impacts of regulations, among other topics. Moreover, it will serve as a vehicle for the documentation and dissemination of what government bodies, research agencies, international bodies, universities and aid agencies are doing to pursue the path of sustainable development.

   Readership

IJESD will of special interest to researchers, workers at international agencies, university staff and consultants working on environmental matters and interested in sustainability issues.

In addition, staff working at ecological stations, involved in the management of environment and development projects or in charge of environment programmes at the institutional level will find the journal of interest. Students taking courses in economics, environmental issues and international development are also among the groups the journal intends to reach.

   Contents
Current journals focus either on environmental matters per se or on general sustainability issues. There are no specific fully-refereed outlets to date, to disseminate the broad body of work and knowledge currently available on sustainability in a developing country context. IJESD is therefore the first scholarly publication to specifically address the need for analysis of environment and sustainable development matters. IJESD will offer:

• Papers: scientific descriptions of projects, experiments or pilot projects dealing with environment and sustainability-related issues
• Articles: short texts outlining approaches, methods or case studies in which approaches to environment and sustainability are described
• Book reviews: describing recent publications on the topic and on related matters
• News: items, events and announcements of general interest to all readers
• A balanced provision of information on matters of regional and international relevance

   Subject Coverage

Materials particularly suitable for IJESD will deal with one or more of the following contents:

• Global environmental issues
• Agenda 21
• Energy, water, recycling, waste management
• Environmental reports
• Environmental policies and action plans
• Environmental systems
• Environmental legislation
• Environmental impact assessment
• Sustainable development approaches and methods

Other themes associated with the above or emerging issues will also be considered. It is envisaged that, thanks to its scope and contents, IJESD will be not only interesting to people working in the academic sector, but also to practitioners, consultants and professional writers.

   Specific Notes for Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).

All papers are refereed through a double blind process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Submission of Papers web-page.

To submit a paper, please go to Submissions of Papers

AUTHORS MUST SUBMIT THEIR PAPERS THROUGH THE ON LINE SUBMISSION SYSTEM, OTHERWISE THEIR PAPERS WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR PUBLICATION

All papers must be submitted online. If you experience any problems submitting your paper online, please contact submissions@inderscience.com, describing the exact problem you experience. Please include in your email the title of the Journal.

   Editors and Members of the Editorial Board

Editor in Chief

Prof. Desheng (Dash) Wu
Affiliated Professor, RiskLab; Center Director
University of Toronto
RiskChina Research Center
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G8
CANADA
dash@risklab.ca

Book Editor

Prof. Nikolaj Ivanov
Baltic State Technical University
1st Krasnoarmeyskaya Str., 1
198005 Saint-Petersburg
RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Editorial Board Members

Prof. Nicholas AshfordNi
Center of Technology Policy and Industrial Development
E40-239, MIT
Cambridge MA 02139
USA

Dr. Antonella BachiorriAn
Centro Italiano di Ricerca ed Educazione Ambientale (CIREA)
Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali
Università degli Studi di Parma
Viale delle Scienze 11/a
43100 Parma
ITALY

Dr. Rishi BasakRi
Environment Canada
10 Wellington, TLC-24
Hull, Quebec K1A 0H3
CANADA

Dr. Jo BlakeleyJo
Academic and Student Services Manager
Eastern Institute of Technology
Gloucester St, Private Bag 1201
Taradale
Hawke's Bay
NEW ZEALAND

Prof. Steve BreymanSt
Department of Science and Technology Studies
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 Eighth St
Troy NY 12180-3590
USA

Dr. Sanjeev ChaudhariSa
C.E.S.E.
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Powai
Mumbai 400 076
INDIA

Dr. Miguel Clüsener-GodtMi
Division of Ecological Sciences Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB)
UNESCO
1, rue Miollis
75732 Paris Cedex 15
FRANCE

Prof. Roland CliftRo
Centre for Environmental Strategy
University of Surrey
Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH
UK

Dr. Haydée Torres De OliveiraHa
Federal University of São Carlos
Rodovia Washington Luiz, km 235
13565-905 - São Carlos - São Paulo
BRAZIL

Prof. Jan W. DobrowolskiJa
Environmental Biotechnology and Ecology, AGH Wydz. GgiIS
Goetel's School of Environmental Protection and Engineering
Al. Mickiewicza 30/c-4
30-059 Cracow
POLAND

Prof. Michael R. GreenbergMi
Rutgers University
EJ Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
33 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1958
USA

Prof. Michel InstalleMi
Center for Systems Engineering and Applied Mechanics (CESAME)
Catholic University of Louvain
Batiment Euler, Avenue G. Lemaitre 4
1348 Louvain-La-Neuve
BELGIUM

Prof. Linas KliucininkasLi
Department for Environmental Engineering
Kaunas University of Technology
Radvilenu 19
3028 Kaunas
LITHUANIA

Prof. Dr. Walter Leal FilhoWa
Head, Research and Transfer Centre
Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Faculty of Life Sciences
Lohbruegger Kirchstraße 65
21033 Hamburg
GERMANY

Dr. Paula LindroosPa
Abo University Academy
Biskopsgatan 10
FIN – 20500 Turku/Abo
FINLAND

Dr. Heila LotzHe
Rhodes University
P.O. Box 94
Grahamstown 6140
SOUTH AFRICA

Dr. Karel F. MulderKa
Faculty of Technology Policy & Management Technology Assessment
Delft University of Technology
Jaffalaan 5
NL 2628 BX Delft
NETHERLANDS

Prof. Michael NarodoslawskyMi
Institute for Chemical Engineering Fundamentals and Process Engineering
Inffeldgasse 25
8010 Graz
AUSTRIA

Dr. Paul PacePa
ppac1@educ.um.edu
Dept. Maths, Science & Technical Education
Faculty of Education
University of Malta
Msida MSD 06
MALTA

Dr. Paul PhilippsPa
Professor of Environmental and Waste Management
SITA Centre for Sustainable Wastes Management
School of Environmental Science
University College Northampton
Northampton NN2 7AL
UK

Prof. Mark SeawardMa
University of Bradford
Department of Environmental Science
Bradford BD7 1DP
UK

Prof. Folker SnickarsFo
Royal Institute of Technology
Fiskartorpsvägen 15A
S-100 44 Stockholm
SWEDEN

Dr. Farrukh TahirFa
House No. 1158, Street No. 111, G-9/4
Islamabad
PAKISTAN