Marine environment risk assessment: A survey on the disutility cost of oil spills

2nd International Symposium on Ship Operations, Management and Economics 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 275-287

  Kontovas, Christos A ^a   Psaraftis, Harilaos N ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cost of averting a tonne of of spilled oil; Cost of oil spills; Damage assessment; Formal Safety Assessment; Marine risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS; DAMAGE COSTS; FORMAL SAFETY ASSESSMENT; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE RISK ASSESSMENT; MARITIME SAFETY; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL;

COSTS; DAMAGE DETECTION; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILLS; SHIPS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77956313452     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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