Ports and their influence on local air pollution and public health: A global analysis.
Sci Total Environ
; 915: 170099, 2024 Mar 10.
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ABSTRACT
Despite the skyrocketing growth in recent decades of environmental studies on ports and shipping, their local health impacts remain largely under-researched. This article tackles this gap in research by statistically analyzing data on global shipping flows across nearly 5000 ports in 35 OECD countries between 2001 and 2018. The different traffic types, from containers to bulk and passengers, are analyzed jointly with data on natural conditions, air pollution, socio-economic indicators, and public health. The principal results show that port regions pollute more than non-port regions on average, while health impacts vary according to the size and specialization of the port region. Three types of port regions are clearly differentiated industrial, intermediate, and metropolitan port regions.
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Salud Pública
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Contaminación del Aire
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Sci Total Environ
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2024
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