Spills of nonfloating oils : risk and response
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Committee on Marine Transportation of Heavy Oils Marine Board Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems National Research Council
- ناشر : Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 1999
- شابک / ISBN : 1111111111111.
Description
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.................................................................................. 1 1 TRANSPORTATION OF HEAVY OILS AND THE RISK OF SPILLS .. 9 Definition of Terms, 9 Overview of Quantitative Evaluation, 10 Traffic and Trading Patterns, 10 History of Spills, 14 Projections of Spills, 18 2 BEHAVIORAL MODELS AND THE RESOURCES AT RISK ............. 20 Behavioral Models for Spills of Nonfloating Oils, 20 Potential Effects of Nonfloating-Oil Spills, 30 3 TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES .................................................. 33 Modeling and Information Systems, 33 Tracking and Mapping Techniques, 37 Containment and Recovery Methods, 40 4 BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE RESPONSE ............................................... 52 Managerial Barriers, 52 Technological Barriers, 53 Financial Barriers, 54 Contents Copyright © 2003 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF File provided by the National Academies Press (www.nap.edu) for research purposes are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Distribution, posting, or copying is strictly prohibited without written permission of the NAP. Generated for lgavrila@ub.ro on Tue Aug 26 05:42:52 2003 http://books.nap.edu/catalog/9640.html x CONTENTS 5 FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............... 55 Findings, 55 Conclusions, 58 Recommendations, 59 REFERENCES ................................................................................................... 61 APPENDICES A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members, 69 B Participants in the Workshop and Meetings, 72
