A global approach to mapping the environmental risk of commercial harbours on aquatic systems
Date
2020-09Author
Valdor, P
Gómez, A
Steinberg, P
Tanner, E
Knights, Antony
Seitz, R
Airoldi, L
Firth, Louise
Arvanitidis, C
Ponti, M
Chatzinikolaou, E
Brooks, P
Crowe, T
Smith, A
Méndez, G
Ovejero, A
Soares-Gomes, A
Burt, J
MacLeod, C
Juanes, J
Subject
Environmental risk assessment Global atlas Pressure-state-response model Harbour aquatic systems Harbour management Sustainable development
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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.
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Publisher
Elsevier
Journal
Marine Policy
Volume
119
Pagination
104051-104051
Number
104051
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