scholarly journals Environmental Management System for the Analysis of Oil Spill Risk Using Probabilistic Simulations. Application at Tarragona Monobuoy

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 277
Author(s):  
Mariano Morell Villalonga ◽  
Manuel Espino Infantes ◽  
Manel Grifoll Colls ◽  
Marc Mestres Ridge
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Specific Pattern ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Water Current ◽  
Probability Maps ◽  
Port Area ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Pollution Events

Oil spill accidents during port operations are one of the main hydrocarbon pollution threats for coastal waters. Appropriate environmental risk assessment and pollution events management tools are needed to achieve sustainability and environmental protection in port activity. Recent developments in monitoring techniques and accurate meteo-oceanographic prediction systems have been implemented in many ports, providing tools for environmental management. A novel method based on meteo-oceanographic operational services, in conjunction with Monte Carlo experiments using an oil spill model, is implemented to perform probabilistic maps of potential pollution events. Tarragona port area was chosen as the study case for three reasons: it accommodates a hub of petrochemical industry, the availability of high-resolution wind and water current data, and previous studies at the area offer the possibility to check the results’ accuracy. The interpretation of the impact probability maps reveals a specific pattern explained by the mean hydrodynamic conditions and the energetic north-westerly wind conditions. The impact probability maps may enhance efficiency in the environmental management of port waters and nearby coastal areas, reducing the negative impact of pollutant discharges.

scholarly journals Environmental safety in the countries bordering Kazakhstan in the context of sustainable development

2021 ◽  
Vol 244 ◽  
pp. 01016
Author(s):  
Zeinegul Yessymkhanova ◽  
Shakizada Niyazbekova ◽  
Zhanar Dauletkhanova ◽  
Nurdin Dzholdoshev ◽  
Tamara Dzholdosheva
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Anthropogenic Pollution ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Full Member ◽  
Investment Policies ◽  
Environment And Health ◽  
Environmental Technologies ◽  
The Impact

Current situation in the environmental sector for the EAEU countries it is one of the most burning topics. One of the priority areas of the country’s sustainable development policy The Eurasian economic Union recognizes ensuring the welfare of the population living in the Eurasian space and introducing environmental technologies, creating environmentally friendly industries, and much more. Important changes have taken place in the environmental safety sector, and positive dynamics are beginning to be determined not only by intentions, but also by real actions aimed at improving the quality of the environment and health. In the context of globalization, the nature of the market–plan relationship in environmental management is changing dramatically. On the one hand, the influence of market forces and competition that stimulate the development and implementation of environmental policies by each individual state is increasing. On the other hand, the impact of international economic institutions on national relations is increasing, resulting in the creation of a system of supranational environmental management. Joint solution of issues related to prevention of negative impact on the environment is possible only through: contractual actions, investment policies, and planned activities aimed at maintaining environmental balance. Kazakhstan, being a full member of the EAEU actively participates in the formation of a regulatory framework aimed at reducing industrial risks, identifying the scale of anthropogenic pollution and implementing environmental monitoring.

scholarly journals Integrated Hydrodynamic and Oil Spill Modeling using OILMAP Software for Environment Protection of Oil Spill in Cilacap Regency

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 03028
Author(s):  
Chiquita Tri Rezki ◽  
Tri Edhi Budhi Soesilo ◽  
Herdis Herdiansyah ◽  
Udi Syahnoedi
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Response Strategy ◽  
Business Unit ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Port Facilities ◽  
Segara Anakan Lagoon ◽  
The Impact

Environmental impact due to oil spill comes from several activities such as oil and gas business unit, port facilities, and shipping line. Cilacap regency as one of the areas with high marine productivity in Indonesia has a history of oil spill incident during 2000-2018. One of the information needed in determining the oil spill response strategy to minimize the environmental impact of the oil spill in Cilacap regency is the prediction of oil spill movement. The purpose of this paper is to predict the oil spill movement in Cilacap regency. A lot of studies had been conducted on the oil spill, but there is still lacking further study that integrating Geographic Information System (GIS), hydrodynamic and oil spill to identify the potential environmental impact of the oil spill and develop the response strategy. Method use of this paper is a quantitative method, integrated hydrodynamic and oil spill using OILMAP software. Data use of this paper is land water data, current data, wind data, and spill information. Results of this paper are in the northwest monsoon, the oil spill moves to east and northeast toward the Indian Ocean. Southeast monsoon, the oil spill moves to west and northwest toward the Segara Anakan Lagoon. This paper will contribute to realizing some oil and gas business unit, port facilities, and shipping industries to concerned about the impact of oil spill and do the sustainable business.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF SOCIO-HYGIENIC FACTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF VISION IN MEDICAL STUDENTS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF THEIR PREVENTION

2018 ◽  
Vol 97 (8) ◽  
pp. 750-755
Author(s):  
I. E. Esaulenko ◽  
Tatyana N. Petrova ◽  
O. I. Gubina ◽  
A. Yu. Goncharov ◽  
Yu. V. Tatarkova
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Statistical Processing ◽  
Health Department ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Epidemiological Surveillance ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Voronezh Region ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this study was to investigate the status and main trends of the prevalence of diseases of the eye and its appendages in medical university students with the detection of priority risk factors of the educational environment. Materials and methods. The method of investigation included several stages. The general population was analyzed (official statistical data of the ophthalmologic service of the Voronezh Region Health Department (statistical forms No. 12, 14, 14 SD, 30)), and selective studies were conducted (based on the copying and analysis of data from outpatient charts and case histories). A total of 1500 study cards were filled out, the total number of visits amounted to 3200. In the second stage of the study, a sociological survey was conducted on a specially developed questionnaire consisting of 46 questions grouped into 5 blocks. In total, 1950 respondents were surveyed. Statistical processing is performed on the basis of statistical analysis software package and the Chart Wizard in Microsoft Excel 2010, as well as the STATISTICA 6.0 application package. Results. Our studies have made it possible to refine and supplement the current data on the prevalence of diseases of the eye and its appendages among students in the Voronezh region, which can be used as a basis for planning activities to improve specialized ophthalmic care for this population category. Eye diseases were shown to be a fairly common pathology among students, and those who study at the medical school have their own characteristics that require serious measures to improve the system of epidemiological surveillance of this pathology. The surveillance system should include monitoring the impact of various risk factors and timely elimination of adverse events. To this end, in educational institutions, it is important to observe ergonomic requirements for the organization of workplaces, to observe the time of providing breaks for rest during the school day, to establish their duration and arrange for these breaks taking into account the training course, load volume and hygienic characteristics of the classrooms, where classes are held. It should not be forgotten that the leading role in the prevention of the negative impact of non-favorable factors is assigned to the very contingent of students who must be able to take individual preventive measures and observe personal hygiene rules. In this regard, the educational organizations need to repeatedly increase the amount of work on hygiene education and the education of young people.

scholarly journals Characteristics of the level of salinity and hunting resources in the Kemerovo region

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (43) ◽  
pp. 16-16
Author(s):  
Alexander Saakian ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Forest Fires ◽  
Roe Deer ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Brown Bear ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Natural Ecosystems ◽  
Anthropogenic Pressures ◽  
Fur Animals ◽  
The Impact

Environmental management is a priority for the development of science, technology and technology, which cannot be carried out without monitoring the state of the environment. Industrial-oriented natural ecosystems are experiencing significant anthropogenic pressures, resulting in an increased negative impact on the environment and a reduction in biodiversity. In this work, on the territory of the Kemerovo region - Kuzbass (on the territory of 19 administrative districts), an analysis of the impact of the area's planting on the number of hunting animals was carried out. This analysis was performed by correlation method. The source of information was official data for the period from 2015 to 2019 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of Kuzbass, the Department for the Protection of Animal Objects of Kuzbass, the Department of Forestry of Kuzbass, the Federal State Statistics Service of Kuzbass. The results of the landfill study showed a decrease in dynamics, which is associated with intensification of agriculture, unfavorable climatic conditions and forest fires. The largest decrease in the level was observed in the Izhmorsky, Kemerovo, Mariinsky and Prokopyevsky districts. The results of the study of the dynamics of the number of hunting animals (ungulates, bears and fur animals) presented in this work showed a stable, annual growth in numbers. The predominant ungulates of the region are Siberian roe deer and European elk of 5 species, fur animals are white hare, squirrel, common beaver, ondatra, sable, common badger, European mink of 17 species of animals, bears in the region are represented by a brown bear. There was a high and moderate inverse dependence of the dynamics of the number of brown bear, ungulates on the influence of the salinity of the fixed hunting grounds of various territories. The results showed that the increase in the number of bears and ungulates negatively affects the greenland of certain territories, which does not contradict the literary data. Keywords: BIODIVERSITY, BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, FORESTS OF REGIONS, RATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, KEMEROVO REGION, HUNTING ANIMALS, POPULATION DYNAMICS, QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS

scholarly journals State Governance Tools for Environmental Management and Agrarian Business in the Digital Age

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Obykhod ◽  
Yosyp Dorosh ◽  
Tetiana Kharchenko ◽  
Nadiya Stovolos ◽  
Yevhenii Levkivskyi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
State Management ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Governance Tools ◽  
State Governance ◽  
Agricultural Business ◽  
Negative Environmental Impact ◽  
The Impact

Because of the acceleration of the development of various types of business in the era of global digitalization, the authors propose to pay attention to the regulation of environmental management and agricultural business, as well as to offer tools for state regulation of this aspect. To do this, the authors analyzed the impact of the digital era on various aspects, studied foreign experience in reducing the negative environmental impact of digital technologies. The authors analyzed the current state of the domestic agricultural business and gave forecasts for its development. All this allowed the authors to develop tools for state management of environmental management and agricultural business in the digital era, namely, the main tools and ways to reduce the negative impact of the agricultural business on environmental management using ICT, as well as the main steps of the state program for the rational use of natural resources in the region.

Russia - European Union: The continuation ofthe sanctions standoff

2017 ◽  
pp. 114-127
Author(s):  
M. Klinova ◽  
E. Sidorova
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Economic Sanctions ◽  
Current Data ◽  
The State ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Year 2013

The article deals with economic sanctions and their impact on the state and prospects of the neighboring partner economies - the European Union (EU) and Russia. It provides comparisons of current data with that of the year 2013 (before sanctions) to demonstrate the impact of sanctions on both sides. Despite the fact that Russia remains the EU’s key partner, it came out of the first three partners of the EU. The current economic recession is caused by different reasons, not only by sanctions. Both the EU and Russia have internal problems, which the sanctions confrontation only exacerbates. The article emphasizes the need for a speedy restoration of cooperation.

Urbanization of fauna on the example of marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus)

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 116-123
Author(s):  
A. P. Korzh ◽  
T. V. Zahovalko
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Cognitive Modeling ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Cellular Level ◽  
Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
Migration Routes ◽  
Corrective Effect ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

Recently, the number of published works devoted to the processes of synanthropization of fauna, is growing like an avalanche, which indicates the extreme urgency of this theme. In our view, the process of forming devices to coexist with human and the results of his life reflects the general tandency of the modern nature evolution. Urbanization is characteristic for such a specific group of animals like amphibians, the evidence of which are numerous literature data. Many researchers use this group to assess the bioindicative quality of the environment. For this aim a variety of indicators are used: from the cellular level of life of organization up to the species composition of the group in different territories. At the same time, the interpretation of the results is not always comparable for different areas and often have significantly different interpretations by experts. Urban environment, primarily due to the contamination is extremely aggressive to amphibians. As a consequence, the urban populations of amphibians may be a change in the demographic structure, affecting the reproductive ability of the population, the disappearance of the most sensitive species or individuals, resizing animals, the appearance of abnormalities in the development, etc. At the same time play an important amphibians in the ecosystems of cities, and some species in these conditions even feel relatively comfortable. Therefore, it is interesting to understand the mechanisms of self-sustaining populations of amphibians in urban environments. To assess the impact of natural and anthropogenic factors on the development of amphibian populations were used cognitive modeling using the program Vensim PLE. Cognitive map of the model for urban and suburban habitat conditions were the same. The differences concerned the strength of connections between individual factors (migration, fertility, pollution) and their orientation. In general, factors like pollution, parasites, predators had negative impact on the population, reducing its number. The birth rate, food and migration contributed to raising number of individuals. Some of the factors affected on the strength to of each other as well: the majority of the factors affected the structure of the population, had an influence on the fertility. Thanks to it the model reflects the additive effect of complex of factors on the subsequent status of the population. Proposed and analyzed four scenarios differing strength and duration of exposure. In the first scenario, a one-time contamination occurs and not subsequently repeated. The second and third scenario assumes half board contamination, 1 year (2 scenario) and two years (scenario 3). In the fourth scenario, the pollution affected the population of amphibians constantly. In accordance with the results of simulation, much weaker than the natural populations respond to pollution - have them as an intensive population growth and its disappearance at constant pollution is slow. Changes to other parameters of the model showed that this pollution is the decisive factor -only the constant action leads to a lethal outcome for the populations. All other components of the model have a corrective effect on the population dynamics, without changing its underlying trand. In urban areas due to the heavy impact of pollution maintaining the population is only possible thanks to the migration process – the constant replenishment of diminishing micropopulations of natural reserves. This confirms the assumption that the form of existence metapopulations lake frog in the city. In order to maintain the number of amphibians in urban areas at a high level it is necessary to maintain existing migration routes and the creation of new ones. Insular nature of the placement of suitable habitats in urban areas causes the metapopulation structure of the types of urbanists. Therefore, the process of urbanization is much easier for those species whicht are capable of migration in conditions of city. In the initial stages of settling the city micropopulationis formed by selective mortality of the most susceptible individuals to adverse effects. In future, maintaining the categories of individuals is provided mainly due to migration processes metapopulisation form of the species of existence is supported). It should be noted that the changes in the previous levels are always saved in future. In the case of reorganizations of individuals we of morphology can assume the existence of extremely adverse environmental conditions that threaten the extinction of the micropopulations. 

Modernisation of Higher Education – Willful Action or Wishful Thinking? The Case of Bulgaria

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-17
Author(s):  
Elena Blagoeva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
National Level ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

The impact of the last global economic crisis (2008) on the European economy put a strain on higher education (HE), yet it also pushed the sector towards intensive reforms and improvements. This paper focuses on the “Strategy for the Development of Higher Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2014-2020”. With a case study methodology, we explore the strategic endeavours of the Bulgarian government to comply with the European directions and to secure sustainable growth for the HE sector. Our research question is ‘How capable is the Bulgarian HE Strategy to overcome the economic and systemic restraints of Bulgarian higher education?’. Because the development of strategies for HE within the EU is highly contextual, a single qualitative case study was chosen as the research approach. HE institutions are not ivory towers, but subjects to a variety of external and internal forces. Within the EU, this is obviated by the fact that Universities obtain their funds from institutions such as governments, students and their families, donors, as well as EU-level programmes. Therefore, to explore how these pressures interact to affect strategic action on national level, the case method is well suited as it enabled us to study the phenomena thoroughly and deeply. The paper suggests the actions proposed within the Strategy have the potential to overcome the delay, the regional isolation and the negative impact of the economic crisis on the country. Nevertheless, the key elements on which the success or failure of this Strategy hinges are the control mechanisms and the approach to implementation. Shortcomings in these two aspects of strategic actions in HE seem to mark the difference between gaining long-term benefits and merely saving face in front of international institutions.

A comparative analysis of the anthropogenic impact and user-pays principle availability in the model areas of the Russian Federation

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 1787-1798
Author(s):  
S.N. Ayusheeva
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Anthropogenic Impact ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Economic Behavior ◽  
Environmental Investment ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Comparative Systems

Subject. This article assesses the effectiveness of the existing system of environmental management based on the user-pays principle in terms of reducing the negative impact on the environment. Objectives. The article aims to conduct a comparative analysis of the anthropogenic impact on natural environment components and deficiency payments for pollution in the model areas of the Russian Federation. Methods. For the study, I used the methods of computational, comparative, systems, and structural analyses. Results. Based on the ecological rating of the Russian Federation subjects, the article defines model areas, assesses the degree of anthropogenic impact on the basis of pollution relative rates, and describes the particularities of environmental investment in the selected areas. Conclusions. The system of payments for pollution does not affect the economic behavior of economic entities.

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