The environmental impacts of pollutants generated by routine shipping operations on ports

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 53, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 301-311

  Ng, Adolf K Y ^a   Song, Su ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA ACADEMY OF TRANSPORTATION SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; LOSSES; OIL SPILLS; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ECONOMIC MODELING; FUTURE GENERATIONS; GLOBAL SHIPPING; NATURAL HABITAT; NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES; PORT OF ROTTERDAM; RESEARCH TOPICS; SHIPPING OPERATIONS;

SHIPS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COASTAL ZONE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HABITAT TYPE; MARINE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL SPILL; POLLUTANT; PORT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79960237122     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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