Searching. Please wait…
1582
37
170
29108
4409
2600
347
389
Abstract: Recreational sailing sector has an impact on water quality in marinas. This study proposes a standard procedure to assess the environmental risk of marinas on water quality. Risk is assessed through integrating environmental pressures, environmental conditions and societal responses (i.e. the Pressure-State-Response model). Pressures are estimated considering the main driving forces: navigation, port, dredging and external activities. State is estimated through combining the susceptibility, the ecological value and naturalness. Response is estimated through environmental management instruments and adopted measures. Managers and authorities can hierarchically classify marinas from a multi-scale spatial framework. This tool is particularly powerful for generating local, regional or national atlases to prioritize environmental planning actions. The method is applied to 320 marinas along the Spanish coast. This implementation confirms the usefulness, versatility and adaptability of this procedure as a tool for the environmental management of marinas.
Fuente: Marine Pollution Bulletin Volume 139, February 2019, Pages 355-365
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Publication date: 01/02/2019
No. of pages: 11
Publication type: Article
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.01.008
ISSN: 0025-326X,1879-3363
Spanish project: BIA2015-67298-R
Publication Url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.01.008
Read publication
AINA GARCIA GOMEZ
PALOMA FERNANDEZ VALDOR
BARBARA ONDIVIELA EIZAGUIRRE
JUAN LUIS DIAZ PACHECO
JOSE ANTONIO JUANES DE LA PEÑA
Back