Oil spills first principles : prevention and best response /

Marine oil spills are no longer considered unavoidable "accidents" resulting from adverse environmental conditions or functions of catastrophic events. More than 80% of all spills are the result of "human error". The focus of the current legal, regulatory, and convention framewor...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ornitz, Barbara E.
Otros Autores: Champ, Michael A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 2002.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Oil spills > Prevention.
Oil spills > Law and legislation.
Oil spills > Cleanup.
D�eversements de p�etrole > Pr�evention.
D�eversements de p�etrole > Nettoyage.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.
Oil spills > Cleanup
Oil spills > Law and legislation
Oil spills > Prevention
Waterverontreiniging.
Zee�en.
Aardolie.
Preventie.
Sanering (techniek)
Regelgeving.
Oljeutsl�app.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Oil Spills First Principles: Prevention and Best Response
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. The Problem-Oil Spills
  • 1.1. Freedom of the Seas-Developing Law
  • 1.2. Major Oil Spill Rates
  • 1.3. Environmental Damage-The Debate
  • 1.4. Reoccurrence of Spills: Root Causes/Risk Factors
  • 1.5. Available Oil Spill Response Technologies: Limiting Factors
  • 1.6. Other Limiting Factors: Lack of Integration of Science and Engineering, Coordination in Planning and Training
  • Chapter 2. The Need and the Solution
  • 2.1. Prevention Through People-The Human Element.
  • 2.2. Oil Spill Response-"Best Response"
  • 2.3. Best Response-The US Model for Oil Spill Response
  • 2.4. Best Response-The International Oil Spill Response Model-OPRC Convention
  • 2.5. Efficient and Effective Response-Gaps in Delivery, Enforcement, Funding and Perception
  • 2.6. Effective and Efficient Response-Gaps in Planning and Scientific Challenges
  • Chapter 3. The Motivators for Change Related to Oil Spills
  • 3.1. Reducing Response Costs
  • 3.2. Reducing Environmental Damage
  • 3.3. True Cost Accounting
  • 3.4. Protection of the Environment is Good for Business.
  • 3.5. Adherence to Laws: ISM Code/Right to Trade
  • 3.6. The Consumer and the Political System-Public Voice
  • Chapter 4. Legislation and Regulation
  • 4.1. The Safety Nets
  • 4.2. Regulation of Oil Spills-Control by International Conventions
  • 4.3. US and International Regulations
  • and the Courts
  • Chapter 5. Regulatory Model-Australia
  • Chapter 6. The Marriage Between Science and Technology
  • 6.1. Failures of Present Oil Spill Contingency Planning, Response, Education and Training Strategies
  • 6.2. The Need for a Scientifically-Based Decision-Making Tool
  • 6.3. Best Response.
  • Chapter 7. The Technology Windows-of-Opportunity Oil Spill Response Strategy
  • 7.0. Technology Windows-of-Opportunity
  • 7.1. Examples of Technology Windows-of-Opportunity
  • 7.2. Universality of Application
  • 7.3. Required Databases
  • 7.4. Oil Spill Detection and Monitoring by Remote Sensing Advanced Technologies
  • 7.5. Integration of Databases and Information into an Oil Spill Response Decision-Making Tool
  • Chapter 8. Sustainable Shipping
  • Appendices
  • I. Selected International Conventions
  • II. US Oil Pollution Act 1990 (Selected Portions).
  • III. National Response System
  • US
  • Best Response Model
  • IV. Table of Recent Civil/Criminal Decisions
  • V. Review of the Processes and Factors for Estimating Time Windows for In-situ Burning of Spilled Oil at Sea
  • VI. Spill Information Resources Contacts
  • VII. Legal Information Contacts
  • VIII. Publication Information Contacts
  • IX. Contributor Contacts
  • X. Oil Spills Referenced
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index.

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