Shipping and the Environment - Improving Environmental Performance in Marine Transportation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	March 2016
First published:	2016
Editors:	Karin Andersson • Selma Brynolf • Fredrik Lindgren • Magda Wilewska-Bien
Dimensions:	241 x 154 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	426
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-662-49043-3
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > The hydrosphere > Hydrology (freshwater)
LSN:	3-662-49043-9
Barcode:	9783662490433

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