Annotated Bibliography: Information Systems and Maritime Pollution
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Chen, J., Zhang, W., Wan, Z., Li, S., Huang, T., & Fei, Y. (2019). Oil spills from global tankers: Status review and future governance. Journal of cleaner production, pp. 227, 20–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.020
Chen et al. 92019) discuss the status of oil spills as a pollutant and the role of future governance in managing the same. Oil pollution is a major cause of oceanic pollution and wrecks havoc, as witnessed in numerous cases globally. The authors identify the importance of oil in driving the world economy. However, uneven resource distribution leads to the need to trade in the commodity and its movement from one border to the other through maritime transportation. Lack of safe transportation leads to oil spill pollution. The authors review the history of the oil trade and its transportation through oceans. They identify information related to oil spills and accidents and the strategies the maritime industry could use to prevent them. The information in the article is critical to current research as it identifies a major polluter and, thus, ways to engage information systems in identifying the right strategies to deal with pollution.
Jepsen, E. M., & de Bruyn, P. N. (2019). Pinniped entanglement in oceanic plastic pollution: A global review. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 145, 295-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.05.042
Jepsen and De Bruyn (2019) are affiliated with the Mammal Research Institute at the Department of Zoology and Entomology at the University of Pretoria. They have the credibility and authority to discuss issues affecting the maritime industry, especially pollution and its impact the marine ecosystems. The authors identify the increasing levels of plastic pollution in the ocean environment that endanger marine life. The authors research databases that report such pollution over the last 40 years to identify main areas of focus and, thus, mitigation strategies. The authors identify reporting bias and a lack of understanding of plastic pollution as a problem. The authors thus identify the marine life most endangered by plastic to identify the best mitigation strategies. The article is critical to the research as it shows oceanic pollution and its impacts on marine life. It also identifies the growth and extent of plastic pollution as an issue.
Martinelli, M., & Moroni, D. (2018). Volunteered geographic information for enhanced marine environment monitoring. Applied Sciences, 8(10), 1743. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8101743
Martinelli and Moroni (2018) identify the importance of detecting and monitoring pollution in the maritime industry, especially due to the high demand for pollutants such as oil which are transported through the oceans. The authors identify the importance of remote sensing to provide accurate results in major pollution events. They propose a monitoring framework based on geographic information systems that help collect, disseminate and decipher data on such pollution. Such devices linked to geographic information systems are critical to stopping the growing rates of pollution in the oceans and coastal areas. The article is useful to the current project because it provides examples of information systems and how they are used to detect and develop strategies to reduce pollution. Remote sensing is part of the information sensing critical to the maritime industry as it provides essential data used in the process of monitoring and identifying pollution in oceans, especially those caused by oil spills.
Moroni, D., Pieri, G., Salvetti, O., & Tampucci, M. (2015, May). Proactive marine information system for environmental monitoring. In OCEANS 2015-Genova (pp. 1-5). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS-Genova.2015.7271533
Moroni et al. (2015) also place their focus on oil spills as the number one pollutant in the marine industry. The authors identify the issue as a result of the rise in the demand for the use and sale of oil products globally, most of which are transported by sea. Safety in maritime industry transportation is critical to eliminate instances of pollution, and in case of such tragedies, there is a need to identify, monitor, and deal with the pollution. Maritime industry technologies for identifying and monitoring pollution are in demand as the world struggles with the fight against climate change and the protection of life from the threat of pollution. Information systems and technologies in the maritime industry thus help in monitoring maritime traffic through the use of sensing technologies. The marine information system creates interoperable and integrated systems that can monitor pollution through electronic sources. Information based on the communication infrastructure becomes useful in determining the best strategies to deal with pollution in the maritime industry.
Rezki, C. T., Soesilo, T. E. B., Herdiansyah, H., & Syahnoedi, U. (2018). Integrated hydrodynamic and oil spill modeling using OILMAP software for environment protection of oil spill in cilacap regency. In E3S Web of Conferences (Vol. 73, p. 03028). EDP Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20187303028
Rezki et al. (2018) are professionals in environmental science and work at the School of Environmental Science at the Universitas Indonesia. The authors also focus on pollution in the maritime industry by oil spills. They identify the role of information systems in determining the magnitude of such pollution and also strategies to minimize the environmental impact of the same. The authors identify the importance of integrating the Geographic Information System (GIS) to identify the impacts of such pollution. They advocate for the use of software to get the current data on pollution and its impacts on the maritime industry. The research is important to the current study as it shows information systems’ impacts when dealing with issues in the maritime industry, such as pollution.
References
Chen, J., Zhang, W., Wan, Z., Li, S., Huang, T., & Fei, Y. (2019). Oil spills from global tankers: Status review and future governance. Journal of cleaner production, pp. 227, 20–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.020
Jepsen, E. M., & de Bruyn, P. N. (2019). Pinniped entanglement in oceanic plastic pollution: A global review. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 145, 295-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.05.042
Martinelli, M., & Moroni, D. (2018). Volunteered geographic information for enhanced marine environment monitoring. Applied Sciences, 8(10), 1743. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8101743
Moroni, D., Pieri, G., Salvetti, O., & Tampucci, M. (2015, May). Proactive marine information system for environmental monitoring. In OCEANS 2015-Genova (pp. 1-5). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS-Genova.2015.7271533
Rezki, C. T., Soesilo, T. E. B., Herdiansyah, H., & Syahnoedi, U. (2018). Integrated hydrodynamic and oil spill modeling using OILMAP software for environment protection of oil spill in cilacap regency. In E3S Web of Conferences (Vol. 73, p. 03028). EDP Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20187303028
