@article{2014,title={ENVİRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND LOCAL ADMİNİSTRATİONS},abstractNode={While development has been forming the whole world’s agenda from the industrial revoluation to 1970s, after this time, having been occurred the environmental crises which reminds that the environmental resources are not unlimited has revealed the importance of the environmental and environmental protection. The development of environmental policy and environmental management systems has become the primary agenda of whole countries with the environmental issues to reach the level of threat to human life. In this context, also the local governments that are at the core of the problems have a great important role in the creation and development of Environmental Management Systems. (EMSs) In this study we performed a general overview of the environment and environmental management systems in our country and will be given to the responsibilities of local governments in the EU integration process in our country.},author={Mustafa ZEYTİN-- Hilmi KIRLIOĞLU},year={2014},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science}}