title: A procedure for identifying significant environmental aspects in sea ports.
abstract: A new methodology has been designed to identify and rank the significant environmental aspects in sea ports. The main objective of the Strategic Overview of Significant Environmental Aspects (SOSEA) is to help port managers to identify significant environmental aspects and to reinforce the awareness about them in order to prioritise work in environmental management. Developed in close collaboration with port environmental managers and tested in a set of ports, it is a user-friendly tool that can be applied in approximately half a working day. It is based on ISO 14001 vocabulary and requirements and it can be considered as the base for the implementation of any Environmental Management System for port communities.
authors.affiliation: Centre d'Estudis del Risc Tecnològic, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Darbra
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ronza
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Stojanovic
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wooldridge
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Casal
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods*; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D004777:Environment; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D012767:Ships
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants