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Mitigating Shipping Emissions in European Ports Social and Environmental Benefits /

The book quantifies the impact of in-port ships' greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution in adjacent cities, and evaluates the feasibility of implementing shore-side electricity facilities in Europe to reduce the unwanted social and environmental effects of ships at berth. The book also disc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Maragkogianni, Alexandra (Autor), Papaefthimiou, Spiros (Autor), Zopounidis, Constantin (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: Shipping industry and induced air pollution
  • 1.1 Potential impacts of maritime transport air emissions
  • 1.2 Growing rates of shipping trade and environmental profile of maritime industry
  • 2. Mitigation of air emissions: existing policy actions and legislation
  • 2.1 Current environmental policies
  • 2.2 Kyoto Protocol
  • 2.3 Marpol Convention
  • 3. Ships' emissions and air quality in port-cities
  • 3.1 Current methodologies for the estimation of maritime emissions
  • 3.2 Relevant studies on shipping emissions
  • 3.2 Examples of estimated emissions in ports
  • 4. Economic and social cost of in-port ships' emissions
  • 4.1 Estimating the effects ships activities in ports to air quality and human health
  • 4.2 External costs of vessel emissions in ports
  • 5. Available abatement measures for the unwanted environmental impacts of ships at berth
  • 5.1 Techniques of in-port emissions' abatement
  • 5.2 Potential of Shore Side Electricity in Europe
  • 5.3 How ports can be converted to "green" ports?