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Zaneta Stasiskiene - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Sustainable development of deep-water seaport: the case of Lithuania
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2011Co-Authors: Vilma Burskyte, Olga Belous, Zaneta StasiskieneAbstract:Introduction In 2003, the Japan International Cooperation Agency carried out a development feasibility study of Klaipeda Seaport (Lithuania). The focus in this study was the evaluation of environmental impacts of the port expansion because it is located in an Ecologically Sensitive Area. While the Japanese researchers focused on the environmental impact analysis, they did not provide unambiguous conclusions. The problems remained unresolved and required further, more detailed consideration and deeper analysis. Purpose Environmental sustainability in seaports is an issue of timely importance in many countries given the rapid increase in port-to-port traffic and harbor capacity. This paper explores the situation in Klaipeda Seaport (Lithuania) which is the northernmost ice-free port on the Eastern coast of the Baltic Sea and its challenges in terms of environmental aspects and current pollution situation. This port plays an important role in the economic development of the region and in creating a sustainable society, i.e., a society that continues to develop economically without increasing its impact on our living environment and where the possible reduction of its current impact can be huge due to the fact that the seaport is a place where transport and logistics intersect and constitute large-scale industrial estates. Increasingly, they also turn towards sustainability. Methods Society faces the need for radical change because of increasing technological progress and increasing environmental impact. Environmental and public issues must be addressed by a systemic approach to find harmony among all the subsystems. Therefore, the authors of the article performed an assessment of the deep-water port of Klaipeda sustainable development opportunities tackling the following tasks: (1) Assessing Klaipeda port and the projected deep-water port of the current environment state; (2) Assessing the impact of the water quality of Klaipeda port, depending on the intensity of activity; (3) Assessing the projected impact of the deep-water port on the environment. Results and conclusions The results of the performed research allowed: (a) to reveal strengths and weaknesses of Klaipeda port development and the potential conflicts of interest among different stakeholders, (b) to identify the set of problem solutions seeking sustainable Klaipeda port development; (c) to develop the set of sustainability indicators to monitor the efficiency of the development.
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Sustainable development of deep-water seaport: the case of Lithuania
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2010Co-Authors: Vilma Burskyte, Olga Belous, Zaneta StasiskieneAbstract:Introduction In 2003, the Japan International Cooperation Agency carried out a development feasibility study of Klaipeda Seaport (Lithuania). The focus in this study was the evaluation of environmental impacts of the port expansion because it is located in an Ecologically Sensitive Area. While the Japanese researchers focused on the environmental impact analysis, they did not provide unambiguous conclusions. The problems remained unresolved and required further, more detailed consideration and deeper analysis.
Vilma Burskyte - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Sustainable development of deep-water seaport: the case of Lithuania
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2011Co-Authors: Vilma Burskyte, Olga Belous, Zaneta StasiskieneAbstract:Introduction In 2003, the Japan International Cooperation Agency carried out a development feasibility study of Klaipeda Seaport (Lithuania). The focus in this study was the evaluation of environmental impacts of the port expansion because it is located in an Ecologically Sensitive Area. While the Japanese researchers focused on the environmental impact analysis, they did not provide unambiguous conclusions. The problems remained unresolved and required further, more detailed consideration and deeper analysis. Purpose Environmental sustainability in seaports is an issue of timely importance in many countries given the rapid increase in port-to-port traffic and harbor capacity. This paper explores the situation in Klaipeda Seaport (Lithuania) which is the northernmost ice-free port on the Eastern coast of the Baltic Sea and its challenges in terms of environmental aspects and current pollution situation. This port plays an important role in the economic development of the region and in creating a sustainable society, i.e., a society that continues to develop economically without increasing its impact on our living environment and where the possible reduction of its current impact can be huge due to the fact that the seaport is a place where transport and logistics intersect and constitute large-scale industrial estates. Increasingly, they also turn towards sustainability. Methods Society faces the need for radical change because of increasing technological progress and increasing environmental impact. Environmental and public issues must be addressed by a systemic approach to find harmony among all the subsystems. Therefore, the authors of the article performed an assessment of the deep-water port of Klaipeda sustainable development opportunities tackling the following tasks: (1) Assessing Klaipeda port and the projected deep-water port of the current environment state; (2) Assessing the impact of the water quality of Klaipeda port, depending on the intensity of activity; (3) Assessing the projected impact of the deep-water port on the environment. Results and conclusions The results of the performed research allowed: (a) to reveal strengths and weaknesses of Klaipeda port development and the potential conflicts of interest among different stakeholders, (b) to identify the set of problem solutions seeking sustainable Klaipeda port development; (c) to develop the set of sustainability indicators to monitor the efficiency of the development.
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Sustainable development of deep-water seaport: the case of Lithuania
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2010Co-Authors: Vilma Burskyte, Olga Belous, Zaneta StasiskieneAbstract:Introduction In 2003, the Japan International Cooperation Agency carried out a development feasibility study of Klaipeda Seaport (Lithuania). The focus in this study was the evaluation of environmental impacts of the port expansion because it is located in an Ecologically Sensitive Area. While the Japanese researchers focused on the environmental impact analysis, they did not provide unambiguous conclusions. The problems remained unresolved and required further, more detailed consideration and deeper analysis.
Olga Belous - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Sustainable development of deep-water seaport: the case of Lithuania
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2011Co-Authors: Vilma Burskyte, Olga Belous, Zaneta StasiskieneAbstract:Introduction In 2003, the Japan International Cooperation Agency carried out a development feasibility study of Klaipeda Seaport (Lithuania). The focus in this study was the evaluation of environmental impacts of the port expansion because it is located in an Ecologically Sensitive Area. While the Japanese researchers focused on the environmental impact analysis, they did not provide unambiguous conclusions. The problems remained unresolved and required further, more detailed consideration and deeper analysis. Purpose Environmental sustainability in seaports is an issue of timely importance in many countries given the rapid increase in port-to-port traffic and harbor capacity. This paper explores the situation in Klaipeda Seaport (Lithuania) which is the northernmost ice-free port on the Eastern coast of the Baltic Sea and its challenges in terms of environmental aspects and current pollution situation. This port plays an important role in the economic development of the region and in creating a sustainable society, i.e., a society that continues to develop economically without increasing its impact on our living environment and where the possible reduction of its current impact can be huge due to the fact that the seaport is a place where transport and logistics intersect and constitute large-scale industrial estates. Increasingly, they also turn towards sustainability. Methods Society faces the need for radical change because of increasing technological progress and increasing environmental impact. Environmental and public issues must be addressed by a systemic approach to find harmony among all the subsystems. Therefore, the authors of the article performed an assessment of the deep-water port of Klaipeda sustainable development opportunities tackling the following tasks: (1) Assessing Klaipeda port and the projected deep-water port of the current environment state; (2) Assessing the impact of the water quality of Klaipeda port, depending on the intensity of activity; (3) Assessing the projected impact of the deep-water port on the environment. Results and conclusions The results of the performed research allowed: (a) to reveal strengths and weaknesses of Klaipeda port development and the potential conflicts of interest among different stakeholders, (b) to identify the set of problem solutions seeking sustainable Klaipeda port development; (c) to develop the set of sustainability indicators to monitor the efficiency of the development.
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Sustainable development of deep-water seaport: the case of Lithuania
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2010Co-Authors: Vilma Burskyte, Olga Belous, Zaneta StasiskieneAbstract:Introduction In 2003, the Japan International Cooperation Agency carried out a development feasibility study of Klaipeda Seaport (Lithuania). The focus in this study was the evaluation of environmental impacts of the port expansion because it is located in an Ecologically Sensitive Area. While the Japanese researchers focused on the environmental impact analysis, they did not provide unambiguous conclusions. The problems remained unresolved and required further, more detailed consideration and deeper analysis.
Anna Krzyszowska Waitkus - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Surface coal mine permit application for successful reclamation, semi-arid shortgrass prairie (Wyoming, USA)
International Journal of Coal Science & Technology, 2018Co-Authors: Anna Krzyszowska WaitkusAbstract:Approximately 40% of USA coal originates in an Ecologically Sensitive Area of semi-arid shortgrass prairie in Wyoming. Before a surface coal mine can begin operation in the USA, it must secure a mining permit and comply with regulations and performance standards under the USA Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA), other federal environmental acts, and state programs. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ)/Land Quality Division (LQD) administers Wyoming’s coal regulatory program. The permit application and bonding process for the largest surface coal mine permit in the USA, North Antelope Rochelle Mine (NARM) located in short grassland prairie in the northeast Wyoming, is discussed. The permit application process begins with the collection of baseline environmental data that characterizes premining conditions of the permit Area. The permit application includes adjudication information, baseline information, mine and operation plans, and reclamation plans. Fulfillment of permit commitments and requirements of rules and regulations are inspected monthly by the LQD’s representative in the field. Before a mine permit is issued, the mine operator must submit a reclamation bond to secure the performance of reclamation obligations that is later revised annually. In Wyoming, four reclamation bond release phases indicate the completion of various stages of the reclamatikon process. NARM’s specific bond release verification cirteria, performance standards, and field verificatoins of bond release phases are discussed. The Bond Release Geodatabase (a GIS/GPS approach) was developed for this mine to monitor progress in meeting criteria and performance standards for incremental bond release. The Bond Release Geodatabase significantly reduces the time needed to track bond release progress, reach agreement between operator and regulator, and improve the state inspector’s ability to assess reclamation adequacy and progress.
Zhang Zhenguo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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suitability of ecology and environment for tourism resources development in Ecologically Sensitive Area a case study in dongsheng district of erdos city inner mongolia
Resources Science, 2006Co-Authors: Jia Tiefei, Zhang ZhenguoAbstract:The protection of ecology and environment has been considered as an important issue in the planning and sustainable development of regional tourism resources,especially in the Ecologically Sensitive Area in China.In this paper,the suitability of ecology and environment of Dongsheng District of Erdos City in Inner Mongolia is analyzed in the development of tourism from spatial perspectives,which is Ecologically Sensitive Area,located in the North China FarmingGrazing Transitional Belt.Firstly the definitions of Ecologically Sensitive Area and suitability of ecology and environment are discussed and identified.Secondly,taking the influences of tourism resources development and tourism behavior into account and meanwhile considering natural and ecological characteristics of this region,some basic indexes of physical geography,such as degree of the surface cutting,gradient and aspect of slope are analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively with TM image interpretation and the DEM building.Thirdly,the vegetation situation is depicted through calculating NDVI and then according to these indexes,3 feasible Areas and 1 sub-feasible Area are found in Dongsheng District.At last,three points are presented about significance of suitability of ecology and environment on the tourism resources development and the eco-environment protection: 1) In the process of development and planning of tourism resources,it is necessary to study ecological and environmental characteristics.Be sure not to damage the natural environment at the most and the selection and planning of tourism Area should be based on the evaluation of suitability of ecology and environment;2) Even if the development of tourism resources is in the feasible Area,the influences of ecology and environment should be evaluated and the ecological capacity should be calculated carefully.And then the range and the process of tourism development should be restricted and the tourist capacity and time capacity should be designed carefully to offset the negative influences of tourism development on ecological and natural environment;3) Artificial and cultural tourism resources of Erdos City should be developed actively and try to decrease the dependence of tourism development on natural ecology.Meanwhile outdoor travel activities characterized large capacity and high density should be reduced and culture exhibition and custom play can be developed as a supplement of existent travel products.
