Environmental issues in port development and port operatation
Year: 2004 Language: English Author: T vellinga and M Geense Publisher: TU Delft Edition: 1st ISBN: CT4330 Format: PDF Quality: OCR with errors Pages count: 2004 Description: Environmental Issues in Port Development and Port Operation Port development and port operation activities (may) affect the environmental quality. Therefore environment is an essential component in port management. The basic principle for the environmental considerations has been founded in the concept of sustainable development as agreed upon during the Rio Convention on Bio Diversity in 1992, sustainable development was defined as: “Development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. This concept of sustainable development has lead to a series of international treaties and conventions, which are continually being updated and developed. The countries that are contracting members to the convention have to comply the obligations of the convention by implementing these in national legislation. This has lead to the introduction of stringent regulations for environmental sound port operation. Port managers, responsible for port planning and design, or with responsibility for the management of the operations in a port have to be aware of the growing importance of environmental issues. Many times they will be confronted with resistance to planned projects, with unfeasible time limits, with cost which pass all bounds and even with projects that will not be realized at all, due to environmental constraints. So it is essential to be able to handle these subjects in an efficient and practical way. Civil engineers, responsible for port development and port management therefore need to know the relevant themes and (international) obligations. They have to incorporate these elements in their design and management. Accordingly, from the very first starting point of the design process, an integrated approach is necessary. That means that it is important to know: - what are the basic drivers and conditions - what are the environmental issues in ports - what are the legal obligations - which parties to involve in this process - which institutional aspects to incorporate in the design - and the way to integrate the environmental issues to be considered in port planning and design.
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Environmental issues in port development and port operatation
Language: English
Author: T vellinga and M Geense
Publisher: TU Delft
Edition: 1st
ISBN: CT4330
Format: PDF
Quality: OCR with errors
Pages count: 2004
Description: Environmental Issues in Port Development and Port
Operation
Port development and port operation activities (may) affect
the environmental quality. Therefore environment is an
essential component in port management. The basic principle
for the environmental considerations has been founded in the
concept of sustainable development as agreed upon during
the Rio Convention on Bio Diversity in 1992, sustainable
development was defined as:
“Development which meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their
own needs”.
This concept of sustainable development has lead to a
series of international treaties and conventions, which are
continually being updated and developed. The countries that
are contracting members to the convention have to comply
the obligations of the convention by implementing these
in national legislation. This has lead to the introduction of
stringent regulations for environmental sound port operation.
Port managers, responsible for port planning and design,
or with responsibility for the management of the operations
in a port have to be aware of the growing importance of
environmental issues. Many times they will be confronted with
resistance to planned projects, with unfeasible time limits,
with cost which pass all bounds and even with projects that
will not be realized at all, due to environmental constraints.
So it is essential to be able to handle these subjects in an
efficient and practical way.
Civil engineers, responsible for port development and port
management therefore need to know the relevant themes
and (international) obligations. They have to incorporate
these elements in their design and management. Accordingly,
from the very first starting point of the design process,
an integrated approach is necessary. That means that it is
important to know:
- what are the basic drivers and conditions
- what are the environmental issues in ports
- what are the legal obligations
- which parties to involve in this process
- which institutional aspects to incorporate in the design
- and the way to integrate the environmental issues to be
considered in port planning and design.
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