scholarly journals A Dl Course In Risk Based Decision Making For Marine Safety And Environmental Protection Professionals In The Unitied States Coast Guard

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas S. Kuhaneck ◽  
Frank Noonan
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
Marine Safety

Partnering for Improved Marine Safety and Environmental Protection

1999 ◽  
Vol 1999 (1) ◽  
pp. 233-235
Author(s):  
Steve Wischmann ◽  
Mike Snyder ◽  
Eugene Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
The United States ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
History Of ◽  
Oil Spill Response ◽  
Partnership Agreement ◽  
Spill Control ◽  
Control Association ◽  
Marine Safety

ABSTRACT On February 3, 1998, a Quality Partnership Agreement was signed between the United States Coast Guard and the Spill Control Association of America (SCAA). The partnership was expanded on July 16, 1998 to include the Association of Petroleum Industry Cooperative Managers (APICOM). The three groups agreed that the objectives for this partnership are to improve the effectiveness of oil spill response operations and to further sound risk management during these operations. Through this partnership, the private sector response community and the Coast Guard will have an opportunity to develop a program of structured, informal, and cooperative processes that will examine issues that could be improved upon to maximize marine safety and environmental protection. This paper will discuss the history of spill response over the last 30 years in order to frame the current relationship between the Coast Guard and the response industry. In particular, issues of mutual concern to the Coast Guard, SCAA and APICOM that may be studied through the partnership will be introduced.

Contentious Capitol Climates

2020 ◽  
pp. 58-90
Author(s):  
Michael Méndez
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Climate Governance ◽  
Disadvantaged Communities ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Contemporary Climate

Describes the tension between global environmental protection and a local focus on the most disadvantaged communities. The chapter analyzes the development of California’s landmark climate change legislation: Assembly Bill (AB) 32. It illustrates the contentious nature of defining climate change and how the entanglements of diverse knowledges and worldviews shape contemporary climate governance and decision-making processes.

Research Opportunities Identified During the Casualty Analysis of the Fishing Vessel Arctic Rose

2003 ◽  
Vol 40 (04) ◽  
pp. 270-277
Author(s):  
George A. Borlase
Keyword(s):  
Research Community ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
Fishing Vessel ◽  
Water On Deck ◽  
Interior Spaces ◽  
Static And Dynamic Stability ◽  
Broad Variety ◽  
Stability Issues ◽  
Marine Safety ◽  
The U.S

During the course of the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Center's analysis of the sinking of the fishing vessel Arctic Rose, a broad variety of stability issues were encountered that have not yet been addressed in the research community. The effect of freeboard on static and dynamic stability needs to be studied to ensure minimum reserve buoyancy and limit the effects of water on deck. The area of flooding stability, where a vessel's displacement, centers of gravity, and stability characteristics are constantly changing due to progressive flooding, needs to be further investigated. Time-domain analyses of progressive flooding in a seaway are needed, as are model tests of progressive flooding from the weather deck into interior spaces of a vessel. Additionally, a better understanding is needed of the behavior of the vessel between when the vessel capsizes due to loss of righting arm and sinks because flooding weight exceeds reserve buoyancy, and the attitude of a vessel as it falls through the water column to the ocean floor.

scholarly journals The effects of recent austerity on environmental protection decisions

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 1218-1234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Onyango ◽  
Paola Gazzola ◽  
Geoffrey Wood
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Environmental Decisions ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Austerity Policy

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish the evidence for, the why and how recent austerity policy atmosphere associated with the UK government affected environmental protection decisions within planning in Scotland. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative analysis based on perspectives gathered via questionnaire survey targeted at stakeholders involved in planning in Scotland was undertaken. The questionnaire responses were analysed thematically, supplemented by using statistical tests of significance and variance to show how responses differed across participants. Findings The evidence showed that austerity policy atmosphere resulted in a pervasive neoliberal imperative of resuscitating the economy; whilst producing subtle and adverse effects on environmental decisions. This was best understood within a neo-Gramscian perspective of hegemony, borrowed from the field of political economy of states. Research limitations/implications The gathered views were constrained within unknown biases that the participants may have had; and because the case study approach was not equipped to generalise the results beyond the study, more research testing cause-effect between the austerity and selected environmental parameters is needed, from various contexts. Practical implications Decision-making frameworks should explicitly acknowledge the unique pressures during austerity periods; and contemplate resilient decision-making frameworks that can withstand the hegemonic tendencies which prioritise economic goals above environmental ones. Originality/value Whilst the area of austerity’s impacts on the environment remains poorly evidenced, empirically, this seminal paper uses robust analysis to establish how the austerity policy atmosphere affects environmental decisions. This is insight into what may be happening in other similar situations outside Scotland, raising concern as to whether and how we should approach the challenge of hegemonic ideas.

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