POTENTIAL PACIFIC COAST OIL PORTS: A COMPARATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ANALYSIS. VOLUME I

Eleven potential British Columbian and Washington State oil ports with accompanying route alternatives were compared on a relative ranking basis in terms of possible environmental risk from marine oil spills. Initially, a rating system of navigational risk, biological, economic and social factors was developed to derive a BIOLOGICAL RISK INDEX, and ECONOMIC RISK INDEX AND A SOCIAL RISK INDEX. These indices were compared port/route to port/route by several ranking methods to determine the relatively "least risky" or "most risky" port/route alternatives. Consideration was given also to preventive, cleanup and compensatory measures relevant to oil spills. (Au)

• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Fisheries and the Environment

  Vancouver, BC  Canada 
• Publication Date: 1978

Media Info

• Pagination: 98 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic analysis; Environmental impacts; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills; Pollution; Pollution control; Port operations; Ports; Prevention; Risk analysis; Surveys
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pollution abatement
• Old TRIS Terms: Biological effects (Oil); Environmental surveys (Ports); Oil spill prevention; Port pollution
• Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Marine Transportation; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00179809
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Arctic Institute of North America
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 14 1978 12:00AM