Shipping and the Environment
Shipping and the Environment: Improving Environmental Performance in Marine Transportation
Springer | Aquatic Sciences | Feb. 24 2016 | ISBN-10: 3662490439 | 426 pages | pdf | 7.06 mb
Springer | Aquatic Sciences | Feb. 24 2016 | ISBN-10: 3662490439 | 426 pages | pdf | 7.06 mb
Editors: Andersson, K., Brynolf, S., Lindgren, J.F., Wilewska-Bien, M. (Eds.)
Comprehensive guide to marine environmental awareness
All environmental aspects of shipping covered in one book
A special chapter about energy efficiency and fuels
A special chapter dedicated to the basics of regulating pollution from ships
Helps the reader to make deliberate decisions towards sustainable shipping
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.
Number of Illustrations and Tables
49 b/w illustrations, 28 illustrations in colour
Topics
Marine & Freshwater Sciences
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