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Title
Shipping and the environment [electronic resource] : improving environmental performance in marine transportation / Karin Andersson, Selma Brynolf, J. Fredrik Lindgren, Magda Wilewska-Bien, editors.
ISBN
9783662490457 (electronic book)
3662490455 (electronic book)
9783662490433
Published
Berlin : Springer, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxiii, 426 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-662-49045-7 doi
Call Number
HE571
Dewey Decimal Classification
387.5
Summary
This book focuses on the interaction between shipping and the natural environment and how shipping can strive to become more sustainable. Readers are guided in marine environmental awareness, environmental regulations and abatement technologies to assist in decisions on strategy, policy and investments. You will get familiar with possible paths to improve environmental performance and, in the long term, to a sustainable shipping sector, based on an understanding of the sources and mechanisms of common impacts. You will also gain knowledge on emissions and discharges from ships, prevention measures, environmental regulations, and methods and tools for environmental assessment. In addition, the book includes a chapter on the background to regulating pollution from ships. It is intended as a source of information for professionals connected to maritime activities as well as policy makers and interested public. It is also intended as a textbook in higher education academic programmes. .
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 29, 2016).
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783662490433
Part I Introduction
1 Shipping and the Environment
2 The Natural Environment and Human Impacts
3 Regulating Pollution from Ships
Part II Environmental Impacts
4 Discharges to the Sea
5 Emissions to the Air
6 Anthropogenic Noise
7 Infrastructure, Marine Spatial Planning and Shipwrecks
Part III Pollution Prevention Measures
8 Environmental Management
9 Methods and Tools for Environmental Assessment
10 Energy Efficiency and Fuel Changes to Reduce Environmental Impacts
11 Measures to Reduce Discharges and Emissions
Part IV Outlook
12 Improving Environmental Performance in Shipping.
