The economy of oil spills: Direct and indirect costs as a function of spill size

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 171, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 471-477

  Liu, Xin ^a   Wirtz, Kai W ^b  

^a YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic assessment method; Oil spill simulation; Spill costs

Indexed keywords

COMBAT STRATEGIES; DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ESTIMATING METHOD; NORTH SEA; PER UNIT; POWER-LAW FUNCTIONS; SIMULATION SYSTEMS; SPILL COSTS; STUDY AREAS; TOTAL COSTS;

COSTS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS; OIL SPILLS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; OIL SPILL; OIL SPILL RESPONSE; POWER LAW;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; SIMULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISASTER PLANNING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUEL OILS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEAWATER; SHIPS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH SEA;

EID: 70349230860     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.06.028     Document Type: Article

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