Shipping and the Environment Improving Environmental Performance in Marine Transportation /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Andersson, Karin (Editor), Brynolf, Selma (Editor), Lindgren, J. Fredrik (Editor), Wilewska-Bien, Magda (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Environment.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.

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 investme...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Introduction
• 1 Shipping and the Environment
• 2 The Natural Environment and Human Impacts
• 3 Regulating Pollution from Ships
• Part II Environmental Impacts
• 4 Discharges to the Sea
• 5 Emissions to the Air
• 6 Anthropogenic Noise
• 7 Infrastructure, Marine Spatial Planning and Shipwrecks
• Part III Pollution Prevention Measures
• 8 Environmental Management
• 9 Methods and Tools for Environmental Assessment
• 10 Energy Efficiency and Fuel Changes to Reduce Environmental Impacts
• 11 Measures to Reduce Discharges and Emissions
• Part IV Outlook
• 12 Improving Environmental Performance in Shipping.