Decision making
; Economic and environmental performance
; Economic factors
; Environmental performance
; Exploratory research
; Management techniques
; Performance indicators
; Port management
; System of indicators
; Environmental management
; environmental management
; performance assessment
; port
; private sector
; public sector
; transportation economics
; Brazil
; decision making
; environmental management
; exploratory research
; environment
; environmental monitoring
; human
; procedures
; ship
; Brazil
; Brazil
; Decision Making
; Environment
; Environmental Monitoring
; Humans
; Ships
Scopus学科分类:
Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Aquatic Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Oceanography
; Environmental Science: Pollution
英文摘要:
The port sector critically needs improved management techniques to evaluate its environmental performance. In the present study, we conducted an exploratory research to understand the metrics used in the Brazilian public ports to assess their environmental performance. We considered two state agencies and two port authorities of southern Brazil. As preliminary results, we found that economic factors are excluded in the tools for measuring environmental performance. A system of indicators to address this shortcoming was then proposed, but it could not be applied because of data deficiencies. Thus, the system was divided into two parts: a simplified system with 7 indicators (measuring costs related to criteria were measured only technically) and an advanced system with 5 indicators (approaching costs were currently difficult to measure). Thus, the proposed indicators can be applied by port authorities to facilitate decision-making related to environmental management. As suggestions for further work, we propose research that includes more ports, both public and private, to provide an overview at the national level. � 2016 Elsevier Ltd
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Osvaldo Aranha, 99, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Recommended Citation:
Roos E.C.,Kliemann Neto F.J.. Tools for evaluating environmental performance at Brazilian public ports: Analysis and proposal[J]. Marine Pollution Bulletin,2017-01-01,115(2018-01-02)