Shipping and the Environment: Improving Environmental Performance in Marine Transportation
J. Fredrik Lindgren (Ed.)
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Description for Shipping and the Environment: Improving Environmental Performance in Marine Transportation
Hardcover. Editor(s): Lindgren, J. Fredrik; Brynolf, Selma; Wilewska-Bien, Magda; Andersson, Karin. Num Pages: 474 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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 investments. You will get familiar with possible paths to improve environmental performance and, in the long term, to a sustainable shipping sector, based on an understanding of the sources and mechanisms of common impacts. You will also gain knowledge on emissions and discharges from ships, prevention measures, environmental regulations, and methods and tools for environmental assessment. ... Read more
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 investments. You will get familiar with possible paths to improve environmental performance and, in the long term, to a sustainable shipping sector, based on an understanding of the sources and mechanisms of common impacts. You will also gain knowledge on emissions and discharges from ships, prevention measures, environmental regulations, and methods and tools for environmental assessment. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
474
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
426
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783662490433
SKU
V9783662490433
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About J. Fredrik Lindgren (Ed.)
Karin Andersson, Professor, PhD is professor in Maritime Environment at the department of Shipping and Marine Technology, Chalmers University of Technol-ogy since 2009. Her scientific background is in Chemical Engineering (MSc, KTH 1975), Nuclear Chemistry (PhD, Chalmers 1983) and archaeology. After seven years as a consultant and researcher in environmental systems analysis, she was one of the founders of the ... Read more
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