Evaluating the needs of risk assessment methods of potentially polluting shipwrecks
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2013

Shipwrecks deteriorate and the probability of a release of oil increases with time on the sea floor. The potential leakage is a risk to the marine environment and may also have social and economic consequences. The purpose of this study was to evaluate existing methods for risk assessment of shipwrecks and suggest a generic risk assessment framework. A risk assessment is necessary for providing decision support on remediation actions and thus enabling an efficient use of available resources. Existing risk assessment methods aimed for assessing shipwrecks were evaluated by comparison to relevant parts of an international standard on risk management. The comparison showed that existing methods lack several key components of risk assessment procedures. None of the evaluated methods provide a comprehensive risk assessment for potentially polluting shipwrecks and few take into account uncertainty and sensitivity. Furthermore, there is a need to develop risk assessment methods considering long-term effects of continuous release of oil into the marine environment. Finally, a generic comprehensive framework for risk assessment of shipwrecks is suggested.

Shipwreck

Oil

Ecotoxicology

Risk assessment

Författare

Hanna Landquist

Chalmers, Bygg- och miljöteknik, Geologi och geoteknik

Chalmers, Sjöfart och marin teknik, Maritime Operations

Ida-Maja Hassellöv

Chalmers, Sjöfart och marin teknik, Maritime Operations

Lars Rosen

Chalmers, Bygg- och miljöteknik, Geologi och geoteknik

FRIST kompetenscentrum

Fredrik Lindgren

Chalmers, Sjöfart och marin teknik, Maritime Operations

Ingela Dahllöf

Göteborgs universitet

Journal of Environmental Management

0301-4797 (ISSN) 1095-8630 (eISSN)

Vol. 119 85-92

Drivkrafter

Hållbar utveckling

Styrkeområden

Transport

Building Futures (2010-2018)

Ämneskategorier

Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap

DOI

10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.12.036

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Skapat

2017-10-07