Abstract
Estimating the potential environmental risks of worldwide coastal recreational navigation on water quality is an important step towards designing a sustainable global market. This study proposes the creation of a global atlas of the environmental risk of marinas on water quality by applying the Marina Environmental Risk Assessment (MERA) procedure. Calculations integrate three main risk factors: Pressure, State and Response. Applying the MERA approach to 105 globally distributed marinas has confirmed the utility, versatility and adaptability of this procedure as a novel tool to compare the environmental risks within and among regions (i.e. for area-based management), to identify the world's best practices (i.e. to optimize existing management) and to understand and adjust global risks in future development (i.e. improved planning).
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 110661 |
Journal | Marine Pollution Bulletin |
Volume | 149 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2019 |
Keywords
- Environmental management
- Global scale
- Marinas
- Recreational boating
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oceanography
- Aquatic Science
- Pollution