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原文传递 Synergy Among Navigation, Environment, and Port Objectives: Finding A Sustainable Approach

题名：	Synergy Among Navigation, Environment, and Port Objectives: Finding A Sustainable Approach
作者：	Joseph J. SEEBODE; Thomas H. WAKEMAN
关键词：	Navigation; Environment; Port Objectives
摘要：	This paper will confront the stigma that a robust economy and self-sustaining environment cannot co-exist. The challenge to grow the value of a port economically, and the need to improve the ecological quality of a harbor estuary, may on their face appear odd bedfellows, but there is a strong synergy between these objectives, and with a strong resolve and a comprehensive vision for a port such goals can be realized. Today, the Port of New York and New Jersey is the Northeast United State's most significant economic engine. The port is vital to the overall economy of the United State's. The economic significance of the port is heralded by the 229,000 plus jobs, $16.5 billion in GDP, and over $10 billion in salaries and wages that are translated back to port operations. The port also serves as a major tourism hub, with 400,000 passengers embarking on cruises from the Passenger Ship Terminal on the west side of Manhattan. Today, the port moves approximately 3 million box containers a year, a number that is steadily increasing at a rate of approximately 5% a year. The port is initiating a $4 billion investment over the next several years to bring it into sync with international industry standards. At the same time the harbor is a significant ecological resource with the estuary designated under the National Estuary Program, and the Hudson River deemed an American Heritage River. The affliction of past and present polluting activities has had profound negative impacts on the environmental integrity of the harbor, and the estuary as a whole still contains many historically degraded locations. There are many initiatives that are important to the harbor that will enable full realization of the synergistic values between economic development, and environmental protection and restoration opportunities in the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary. The presentation would provide a history and overview of New York and New Jersey Harbor, its economic and environmental significance, and the advantages of comprehensive efforts to create a sustainable "green" port.
总页数：	Proceedings of the 30th PIANC-AIPCN Congress. Sydney Australia. 22-26 Sept. 2002. pp13
报告类型：	科技报告