João Joanaz de Melo

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

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Tomás B. Ramos

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Mariana Alves‐Pereira

Universidade Lusófona

António Galvão

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Nuno A.A. Castelo Branco

Humana (United States)

Nuno Domingues

Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa

Rui Subtil

University of Algarve

Inês Alves

Polytechnic Institute of Porto

Rui Neves‐Silva

University of Lisbon

Miguel Macias Sequeira

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Francisco Andrade

Universidade de Brasília

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Universidade Nova de Lisboa

University of Lisbon

Institute of Marine Research

University of Coimbra

Universidade de São Paulo

University of Algarve

University of Aveiro

Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa

Institute for Systems Engineering and Computers

Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa

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Introducing New Information Technologies in Public Participation: Technology is the Easy Part

Pedro Ferraz de Abreu João Joanaz de Melo

The first steps in using internet as a legitimate channel for public participation in environmental impact assessment (EIA) in Portugal occurred on the occasion of the Valorsul proposed incinerator for urban solid waste. With the support of all intervening actors (Environmental Ministry, Valorsul, Environmental NGO’s, local citizen’s committees), CITIDEP put forward the IMS Project (Intelligent Multimedia System in support of expert review and public participation). IMS and Internet together were used and tested during the official period of public participation. IMS was also essayed with students from undergraduate programs (Environmental Engineering at the New University of Lisbon and Psychology at the University of Lisbon), as of practical course work. In this paper we describe key components of the experiment and discuss some of its results (which include some expected and unexpected obstacles and performances), concerning the role of this technology for different kinds of audiences and actors, and the regulatory and institutional context. Supported by these results, we argue that regulatory framework and institutional culture is the hard part of the equation PPIT. We contend that internet-based exchange of information on EIA cases should be promoted and regulated as mandatory to the extent allowed by existing technology, given its irreplaceable role in public participation.

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Christian ministry

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The state of environmental performance evaluation in the public sector: the case of the Portuguese defence sector

Journal of Cleaner Production (2008)

Tomás B. Ramos Inês Alves Rui Subtil João Joanaz de Melo

10.1016/j.jclepro.2008.02.009

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O que é ecologia e ambiente

João Joanaz de Melo Carlos José Pimenta João Pereira Reis Jorge Gaspar

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Potencial de valorização de resíduos da concentração de minérios

Florbela Maria Henriques Gaspar João Joanaz de Melo

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Monitoring plan for Portuguese coastal waters: Water quality and ecology

J.G. Ferreira Peña Abreu A.M. Bettencourt Suzanne B. Bricker João Carlos Marques

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Environmental management and mudit training at the New University of Lisbon by University-Industry co-operation

João Joanaz de Melo

Environmental Training in Engineering Education (ENTREE 2001) - integrated green policies: progress for progress, p. 329-339 (Florence, 14-17 November 2001; proceedings published as book)

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Environmental pressures and impacts of public sector organisations: the case of the Portuguese military

Progress in Industrial Ecology An International Journal (2007)

Tomás B. Ramos Inês Alves Rui Subtil João Joanaz de Melo

Public institutions are beginning to realise that they must shift their management towards sustainability. Thus, public sector, including defence services, environmental performance evaluation is a growing reality. The main objective of this research was to assess the environmental pressures and impacts profile of the Portuguese defence sector. A questionnaire survey was conducted involving all Portuguese military units that have a person in charge of environmental issues. Respondents generally reported that the majority of their activities have few serious environmental problems. These results could show the respondents' general perception of the increasing implementation of environmental management practices in military units and probably some lack of knowledge, but also a standard based on compliance with regulations. Many environmental pressures in the Portuguese military are related to primary environmental problems, such as water supply, wastewater and solid waste, showing that the integration of environmental awareness and practices into the Portuguese military is quite new.

10.1504/pie.2007.015617

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A new model for EEZ surveillance and management in Portugal

WIT transactions on information and communication technologies (2000)

João Joanaz de Melo Pedro Santana

Portugal has an EEZ of 1.6 million square kilometres. The importance of the EEZ is primarily related to economic activities such as fisheries and tourism, and eventually offshore mining; but also to broader issues such as environment, internal security and geo-strategy. Maritime surveillance is a keystone for the control of the EEZ. The authors discuss strengths and flaws of the Portuguese maritime surveillance scheme, plus opportunities for better management of the EEZ. Maritime surveillance has not been a priority in Portugal, hence available means are insufficient; the responsibilities of a maritime authority are distributed amongst several institutions, relatively low on State hierarchy and with inadequate co-ordination. Although the essential functions of a maritime authority are performed, efficiency is poor and existing means are not used to full capacity. EEZ management exists only as desegregated policies. The authors adopt the twin concepts of the integrated management for the EEZ; and the Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (C 3 I) for the maritime surveillance. A model is proposed to integrate such concepts into the new VTMIS (Vessel Traffic Management Information Services) about to be implemented in Portugal. This should improve the VTMIS and the efficiency of other means of maritime surveillance and management. The new system should have a strong geographical information component and the capability to integrate on-line information from many sources (such as land-based radar, port information, satellite imagery, military and police routine surveillance, international databases and mathematical modelling, among others). Such information would then be used for a number of tasks, including environmental protection and natural resources management in the EEZ. The paper discusses the desirable specifications for such a system and its link with existing and future institutional arrangements in Portugal.

Exclusive economic zone

10.2495/mis000091

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O ruído e o aparelho respiratório

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia (2003)

Mariana Alves‐Pereira J.M. Reis Ferreira João Joanaz de Melo Jerzy Motylewski Elzbieta Kotlicka

Noise-induced pulmonary pathology is still an issue that is regarded with much suspicion despite the significant body of evidence demonstrating that acoustic phenomena target the respiratory tract. The goal of this review paper is threefold: a) to describe acoustic phenomena as an agent of disease, and the inadequacies of current legislation regarding noise-induced, non-auditory pathology; b) to trace how the interest in noise-induced pulmonary pathology emerged within the scope of studies on vibroacoustic disease; and c) to bring to light other studies denouncing noise as an agent of disease that impinges on the respiratory tract. As concluding remarks, future perspectives in LFN-related research will be discussed. The need for animal models will be emphasized.

Respiratory tract

10.1016/s0873-2159(15)30690-5

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Optimization of Regionalized Wastewater Treatment Systems for the River Ave Basin

Water Science & Technology (1987)

António Câmara João Joanaz de Melo David Pereira

A new methodology to optimize regionalized wastewater treatment systems is presented. The approach, developed for the River Ave basin, relies upon a clustering analysis algorithm to identify independent sub-sets of polluting sources within the basin. Then for each cluster, heuristic methods are used to generate a network representing the most promising configurations for the regional system, auxiliary models are applied to estimate detailed costs, and a k-shortest path algorithm is used to specify the configurations minimizing cost while achieving a pre-defined efficiency level. To illustrate the proposed method, an application to a sub-section of the basin with seven textile industry units is included.

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10.2166/wst.1987.0078

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