The Journal of Environmental Management is a peer reviewed journal for the publication of original research related to managing environmental systems and improving environmental quality. All papers submitted to the journal must show a distinctive link with environmental management applications. Specific area of interest for the journal include:
• Development of technologies intended for applications to environmental ecosystems (water, air, soil)
• Natural resource management
• Ecological applications or conservation
• Management and valorisation of waste (including industrial residues and effluents)
• Development of methods for environmental quality management (new procedures, characterization techniques, monitoring methods, governing standards, etc.)
• Environmental system modelling and optimization
• Environmental analysis and assessment (environmental impact assessment, risk assessment, life cycle analysis, material flow analysis, life cycle costing, emission accounting, etc.)
• Social, economic and policy aspects of environmental management
Case studies are welcome when the authors indicate the wider applications of their insights or techniques, emphasizing the global perspective of the problem they address.
As governments and the general public become more keenly aware of the critical issues arising from how humans use their environment, this journal provides a forum for the discussion of environmental problems around the world and for the presentation of management results. It is aimed not only at the environmental manager, but at anyone concerned with the sustainable use of environmental resources.
The journal does not accept manuscripts exclusively focused on any of the following aspects:
• Simulations/modelling when predominantly oriented to mathematical issues
• Reactions/process studies when predominantly oriented to chemistry issues without an environmental viewpoint
• Products/waste recycling research when broad environmental management aspects are not properly accounted
• Materials synthesis without clear environmental management applications
Authors will be asked to provide a novelty and relevance statement indicating how the results are deemed to be original with respect to the state-of-the-art in the field, relevant and essential to the advance of knowledge on environmental management and applicable to a wider audience and wider contexts.

peer reviewed, original research, Critical review articles

Co-Editor-in-Chief
R. Dewil
KU Leuven Science and Technology Group Department of Chemical Engineering, Heverlee, Belgium
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J.M. Evans
Stetson University, Deland, Florida, United States
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B. Tansel
Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States
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Associate Editors
S.M.S. Al-Salem, PhD
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat, Kuwait
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J.C. Bollinger
Limoges University, Limoges, France
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P. Gikas
Technical University of Crete School of Environmental Engineering, Chania, Greece
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P. Hooda
Kingston University, Kingston Upon Thames, United Kingdom
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S. Kagawa, PhD
Kyushu University Faculty of Economics Graduate School of Economics, Fukuoka, Japan
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A.P. Kyriazopoulos
Democritus University of Thrace Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, Orestiada, Greece
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W.J. de Lange
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa
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C. Lin
Deakin University Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment, Geelong, Australia
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B. Ni, PhD
University of Technology Sydney School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Broadway, Australia
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A. Núñez-Delgado
University of Santiago de Compostela Deptament of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Lugo, Spain
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I. Petrosillo
University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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Y. Pico
University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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A. Polettini
University of Rome La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
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J. Rhodes
University of Queensland School of Earth Sciences, St Lucia, Australia
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P. Roccaro
University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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B. Rossi
University of Oxford Department of Engineering Science, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Q. Tan
China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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S. Wang
Tsinghua University School of Environment, Beijing, China
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L. Zhang
Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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H. Zheng
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Editorial Board
C. Allan
University of North Carolina at Charlotte Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
T. Aminabhavi
Soniya Education Trust's College of Pharmacy, Dharwad, India
K. P Andersson
University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States
M. Arias-Estévez
University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain
J. Calabria
The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States
N-B. Chang
University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States
B. Chen
Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
X. Chen
Technical University of Denmark, Kongens(Kgs) Lyngby, Denmark
M. Dicken
South Africa
X. Dong
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
D Fernández-Calviño
University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain
L.G. Firbank
Rothamsted at North Wyke, Okehampton, United Kingdom
H. Fujii
Kyushu University Faculty of Economics Graduate School of Economics, Fukuoka, Japan
A. Gilbert
VU University Amsterdam Institute for Environmental Studies, Amsterdam, Netherlands
G. Huang
University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
K. Kanemoto
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan
J. C Lin
Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan
Y. Liu
Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
X. Lu
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
A. Maity
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Natural Resources and the Environment, Pretoria, South Africa
G. Mallinis
Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece
J. Marion
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
N.R. Moheimani
Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia
R.K. Morgan
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
I. Oliver
Keele University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
W. Peng
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
R.A. Preston-Whyte
University of KwaZulu-Natal School of Agricultural Earth and Environmental Sciences, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
J.P. Richards
University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom
M. Ruth
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
H. Saarenmaa
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
D. Schaad
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States
I. Vázquez-Rowe
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Lima, Peru
J.N. Wang
Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, Beijing, China
L. Wu
Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Q. Ying
Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, Texas, United States
B. Zhang
Nanjing University, Nanjing, China