Multicriteria Analysis Evaluating Venice Port Development
| Autor: | Alessandra Libardo, Alberta Parolin |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Předmět: |
Pollution
geography Engineering geography.geographical_feature_category Corruption business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Air pollution Maritime Safety Directive medicine.disease_cause Investment (macroeconomics) Civil engineering Port (computer networking) Port improvements medicine General Materials Science Submarine pipeline Multicriteria analysis Levee business Environmental planning media_common |
| Zdroj: | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. :2545-2554 |
| ISSN: | 1877-0428 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.06.1225 |
| Popis: | The general aim of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is the adoption of the highest practicable standards in matters concerning maritime safety, efficiency of navigation, prevention and control of environmental effects due to maritime traffic. The major environmental consequences investigated by IMO include air pollution, water pollution and the planning of ships’ waste reception and handling. However, in specific conditions (i.e. port channels or channels along historical sites) other effects should be taken into account, such as: the ships’ wake wash (that causes vibrations on the buildings, disruption to their foundations and corruption on the embankment system), the noise impact on neighboring residential areas (during mooring and ship loading/unloading operations) and emissions during the approaching phase. Furthermore, it is important to protect ports in particular geographical conditions. Ship movements near inhabited centers must be preserved from casualties and accidents involving ships, like collisions in the inner route or loose of load, engine failure, oil spill off (the 2009/18/EC Directive established the principles for investigating accidents). In some cases offshore ports could reduce some risks and environmental impacts. This research deals with the Venice Lagoon case study, where an offshore port (able to serve container, dry bulk and tanker ships) is under feasibility evaluation. Some of the benefits that could be obtained are: a reduced pollution, energy savings and lower environmental/infrastructural impacts. These issues will be investigated through the application of a Multicriteria Analysis model (MCA) to evaluate any benefit and/or disadvantage arising from the offshore terminal in deepsea waters, highlighting how several parameters (including safety) must be evaluated in justifying a massive investment as the offshore terminal. The goal of the research is to define a general methodology for the appraisal of huge infrastructure investments. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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