Created in 2000, the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Environmental Conflicts and Environmental Management (LINCA) is, nowadays, a center of reference in the study of issues related to Environmental Management, addressing the institutional and legal aspects of the environment, especially regarding river basin management, solid waste management, regulations and standards of control and monitoring, licensing and assessment of environmental impact and other instruments of politics and environmental management.

Other areas of operation that stand out are the following: Industrial Ecology and the development of Eco-Industrial Parks, Decision-support techniques, Multiple-criteria Analysis and Environmental Conflict Management, Life Cycle Assessment - LCA.

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