Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Aquatic Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Oceanography
; Environmental Science: Pollution
英文摘要:
A method to integrate the environmental risk of the multiple effects from uses and activities developed in harbor areas is presented. Consequences are considered as the effects derived from all identified hazards. Vulnerability is expressed in terms of functional relations between environmental susceptibility against a disturbance and the state of protection of the receptors at risk. Consequences and vulnerability are integrated obtaining a spatial variation of risk: prioritization maps. The maps are developed by 4 main stages: (1) environmental hazard identification; (2) estimation of the consequences; (3) estimation of vulnerability and, (4) integration of environmental risks. To adapt prioritization maps to the peculiarities of the study area, three different methods for the integration of the effects are proposed: average-value, worst-case and weighted methods. The implementation to a real case (Tarragona harbor, NE Spain) confirms its usefulness as a risk analysis tool to communicate and support water quality management in harbors. � 2016 Elsevier Ltd
Environmental Hydraulics Institute, Universidad de Cantabria, Avda. Isabel Torres, 15, Parque Cient�fico y Tecnol�gico de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
Recommended Citation:
Valdor P.F.,G�mez A.G.,Ondiviela B.,et al. Prioritization maps: The integration of environmental risks to manage water quality in harbor areas[J]. Marine Pollution Bulletin,2016-01-01,111(2018-01-02)