Abstract
The goal of this paper is to propose a screening method for assessing the environmental risk to aquatic systems in harbours worldwide. A semi-quantitative method is based on environmental pressures, environmental conditions and societal response. The method is flexible enough to be applied to 15 harbours globally distributed through a multinational test using standardised and homogenised open data that can be obtained for any port worldwide. The method emerges as a useful approach towards the foundation of a global environmental risk atlas of harbours that should guide the harbour sector to develop a more globally informed strategy of sustainable development.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 104051 |
Journal | Marine Policy |
Volume | 119 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2020 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Aquatic Science
- General Environmental Science
- Economics and Econometrics
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
- Law
Keywords
- Environmental risk assessment
- Global atlas
- Harbour aquatic systems
- Harbour management
- Pressure-state-response model
- Sustainable development