IHCantabria develops the atlas of environmental risk in Spanish marinas

Within the framework of the projects EYEPORT y PREVEMAR , IHCantabria has developed a methodology to obtain an atlas of environmental risks to pollution in marinas. The methodology has been published in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin, under the title Mapping the environmental risk assessment of marinas on water quality: The Atlas of the Spanish coast..

As a final result of the project it is concluded that the proposed methodological procedure for assessing the environmental risk of marinas against pollution constitutes an appropriate methodology for managing the water quality of a marina. The Pressure-State-Response model developed is useful and easy to understand for administrations, environmental agencies, certification bodies, managers and different stakeholders to identify environmental improvement objectives. The implementation of this model in 320 Spanish marinas confirms the flexibility and versatility of the method.

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