Marine spatial planning (MSP) requires spatially explicit environmental risk assessment
(ERA) frameworks with quantitative or probabilistic measures of risk, enabling an evaluation …

Transportation and translocation of non-native species by ships through ballast water is one
of the current issues the shipping industry is trying to address. The Ballast Water Convention …

Oil spill is a serious threat for all marine and coastal environments. This is even more true for
areas having high environmental, social and/or touristic value. A serious and scientifically …

Seawater quality degradation is caused by diverse, non-linearly interacting factors,
knowledge of which is essential for understanding and predicting water quality trends …

This study presents a model to assess the oil spill risk in Garorim Bay in Korea, where large-
scale oil spill accidents frequently occur. The oil spill risk assessment is carried out by using …

Water quality degradation in harbour domains can have an important negative impact from
an economic, touristic and environmental point of view. In that sense, water quality …

Coastal floods are the type of marine disaster that causes the greatest economic losses in
coastal areas of China, especially in the current context of global climate change. Mapping …

An assessment of hazard stemming from operational oil ship discharges in the Southern
Adriatic and Northern Ionian (SANI) Seas is presented. The methodology integrates ship …

To guarantee the security of water quality in water transfer channels, especially in open
channels, analysis of potential emergent pollution sources in the water transfer process is …

A new oil risk management system is proposed herein. Risk is computed in a quantitative
way, combining a detailed hazard maps generated with a process-based oil spill model over …