The book quantifies the impact of in-port ships' greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution in adjacent cities, and evaluates the feasibility of implementing shore-side electricity facilities in Europe to reduce the unwanted social and environmental effects of ships at berth. The book also discusses the potential of future "green" ports and the use of shore side electricity as a means of achieving them. Individual chapters focus on the economic and social costs of in-port ships' emissions by illustrating current environmental policies to mitigate air emissions and the available abatement measures for in-port emissions. It also discusses the external cost of vessel emissions in ports as well as the impacts on air quality and human health. Examining the expected barriers to the implementation of shore- side electricity facilities, it proposes policies to accelerate the implementation of relevant mitigation measures.
- ISBN10 3319401491
- ISBN13 9783319401492
- Publish Date 3 June 2016
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 28 June 2016
- Publish Country CH
- Imprint Springer International Publishing AG
- Edition 2016 ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 76
- Language English