Oil spills first principles : prevention and best response
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Barbara E Ornitz; Michael A Champ
- ناشر : Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2002
- شابک / ISBN : 9780080428147
Description
Front Cover; Oil Spills First Principles: Prevention and Best Response; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. The Problem--Oil Spills; Chapter 2. The Need and the Solution; Chapter 3. The Motivators for Change Related to Oil Spills; Chapter 4. Legislation and Regulation; Chapter 5. Regulatory Model--Australia; Chapter 6. The Marriage Between Science and Technology; Chapter 7. The Technology Windows-of-Opportunity Oil Spill Response Strategy; Chapter 8. Sustainable Shipping; Appendices; Author Index; Subject Index.
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 framework affecting the transportation of oil by ship reflects a recent change in public attitude, in which there is an insistence upon protection of the world¿s marine environments, particularly coastal ecosystems. The outcome of such global attention is the creation of significant legal and political moti.
