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Environmental management systems in urban areas - process of ISO 14000 standards series implementation

The environment around us is becoming more threatened day by day. What nature has been creating for millions of years has been destroyed for various reasons by men's negligent action and thus the harmony has been disrupted. Adverse effects on the environment are reflected not only in the depletion of natural resources and the necessities of life but also in harmful emissions into air, water and soil, and degradation of environment in which neither ecologically nor economically can life and economic activity be continued. Urban areas as potential and actual polluters must be aware of that impact, and on the basis of this knowledge take the necessary action to make their impact as small as possible. Urban areas must give the deserved importance to this segment of the activities through the implementation of legislation, defining the vision and mission of environmental protection, inspection, monitoring requirements of the public and scientific and professional institutions, cooperation with companies and encouraging the implementation of an environmental management system in their institutions and in general in institutions and companies operating in the urban environment. Through adoption of the international standard ISO 14001 and the establishment of an environmental management system, all requirements for the fulfillment of these tasks in terms of environmental protection are being met. Ecological problems today have taken on dramatic proportions because they directly affect the health of people and threaten the survival of life on Earth. Besides the energy problems, environmental problems today are the key issue of all relevant organizations and modern countries. This article explains one of the possible approaches for the implementation of ISO 14000 standard series in existing functioning systems in urban areas.

environmental management; ISO 14000; urban areas; implementation

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