Estimating the potential environmental risks of worldwide coastal recreational navigation on water quality is an important step towards designing a sustainable global market. This study proposes the creation of a global atlas of the environmental risk of marinas on water quality by applying the Marina Environmental Risk Assessment (MERA) procedure. Calculations integrate three main risk factors: Pressure, State and Response. Applying the MERA approach to 105 globally distributed marinas has confirmed the utility, versatility and adaptability of this procedure as a novel tool to compare the environmental risks within and among regions (i.e. for area-based management), to identify the world's best practices (i.e. to optimize existing management) and to understand and adjust global risks in future development (i.e. improved planning).
A global atlas of the environmental risk of marinas on water quality / Valdor P.F.; Gomez A.G.; Juanes J.A.; Kerleguer C.; Steinberg P.; Tanner E.; MacLeod C.; Knights A.M.; Seitz R.D.; Airoldi L.; Firth L.B.; Crowe T.; Chatzinikolaou E.; Smith A.; Arvanitidis C.; Burt J.A.; Brooks P.R.; Ponti M.; Soares-Gomes A.; Ovejero A.; Mendez G.. - In: MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN. - ISSN 0025-326X. - ELETTRONICO. - 149:(2019), pp. 110661.1-110661.9. [10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110661]
A global atlas of the environmental risk of marinas on water quality
Steinberg P.;Airoldi L.;Ponti M.;
2019
Abstract
Estimating the potential environmental risks of worldwide coastal recreational navigation on water quality is an important step towards designing a sustainable global market. This study proposes the creation of a global atlas of the environmental risk of marinas on water quality by applying the Marina Environmental Risk Assessment (MERA) procedure. Calculations integrate three main risk factors: Pressure, State and Response. Applying the MERA approach to 105 globally distributed marinas has confirmed the utility, versatility and adaptability of this procedure as a novel tool to compare the environmental risks within and among regions (i.e. for area-based management), to identify the world's best practices (i.e. to optimize existing management) and to understand and adjust global risks in future development (i.e. improved planning).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
