Overview
- Reviews international oil pollution remediation and prevention strategies
- Appeals to environmental managers, scientists and policymakers alike
- Focuses on the international context, complementing the national case studies presented in the companion Volume 84
Part of the book series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry (HEC, volume 83)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This volume offers a review of oil inputs to the Mediterranean Sea from sources such as shipping, and offshore exploration and exploitation activities. It discusses international measures to prepare for, respond to, and prevent oil pollution incidents, as well as the international legal framework and agencies with a role in pollution prevention and responses. It includes chapters on modeling the fate of oil pollution, oil spill response, and oil spill beaching probability, and presents data from a range of sources, including historic data on shipping accidents and oil exploration and exploitation activities, satellite and remote sensing data, and numerical modelling data, to provide an overview of oil pollution over several years. Topics covered include modelling of oil slicks in the eastern and western Mediterranean basins, oil exploration and exploitation activities in the waters of the Levantine Basin (Eastern Mediterranean), and signatures to and ratification of the Barcelona Convention and its Protocols, for example.
Together with the companion volume Oil Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea: Part II - National Case Studies, it addresses both national and international measures in the region, making it of relevance to the agencies and government bodies tasked with remediating or preventing oil pollution, as well as policymakers and practitioners in the fields of shipping, ports and terminals, oil extraction and marine management. It provides researchers with essential reference material on tools and techniques for monitoring oil pollution, and serves as a valuable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the field of marine oil pollution.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Oil Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea: Part I
Book Subtitle: The International Context
Editors: Angela Carpenter, Andrey G. Kostianoy
Series Title: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12236-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12235-5Published: 20 May 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12238-6Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-12236-2Published: 06 May 2019
Series ISSN: 1867-979X
Series E-ISSN: 1616-864X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 350
Number of Illustrations: 80 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Chemistry, Water Quality/Water Pollution, Analytical Chemistry, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management