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4. Assessing industrial ecology in port areas
Port areas are already the subject of environmental and socio-economic assessments, either as a result of regulations or their own initiatives. Numerous studies have highlighted the environmental and health risks generated by the increase and concentration of maritime emissions: in Hong Kong's Pearl River delta, for example, the activity of ships and port operations results in substantial atmospheric pollution and proven risks to human health. In Hong Kong harbor alone, approximately 23,000 container ships and 13,000 other vessels transit the territory every year, generating emissions that can affect the 3.8 million inhabitants ...
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Bibliography
- (1) - Commission européenne - Une Europe efficace dans l'utilisation des ressources – initiative phare relevant de la stratégie europe 2020. Communication de la commission au parlement européen, au conseil, au comité économique et social européen et au comité de régions. - Bruxelles, 26 janv. 2011.
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Software tools
ECOTECH SUDOE LCA Tool: a tool that compares the environmental benefits of implementing a synergy of additional storage for fire water defense, with a web mapping interface that allows you to consider and work on different pooling scenarios for a given business zone. http://www.territorialecology.eu
Websites
Esymbiosis: a platform for industrial ecology initiatives http://www.esymbiosis.gr/site/
NISP: National Industrial Symbiosis Program for the United Kingdom http://www.nisp.org.uk/
Regulations
COM(2011) 571 final of September 20, 2011 from the European Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on a roadmap for resource-efficient Europe http://www.ec.europa.eu/environment/resource_efficiency/pdf/com2011-571_fr.pdf
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Organizations – Federations – Associations (non-exhaustive list)
AIVP – International Association of Cities and Ports http://www.aivp.org/
AEIE – Association écologie industrielle estuaire http://www.ecologieindustrielleestuaire.fr
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