Title: Empirical data and optimal monitoring policies: the case of four Russian sea harbours

Authors: Christophe Deissenberg, Vladimir Gurman, Elena Ryumina, Konstantin Shevlyagin, Elena Shevchuk

Addresses: CEFI-CNRS, Chateau La Farge, Route des Milles, 13290 Les Milles, France. ' Program Systems Institute, RAS, 152140, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia. ' Institute of Economic Market Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasikov St. 32, 117418 Moscow, Russia. ' Marine Environment Department, State Committee of the Environment Protection of the Russian Federation, Kedrova Str. 8, Moscow, Russia. ' Program Systems Institute, RAS, 152140, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia

Abstract: In this paper, we describe the present state of empirical information about oil spills and oil monitoring activities in Russian harbours. We explain how we gathered, organised, and estimated the data needed to run the monitoring efforts optimisation model of Deissenberg et al. (2001). We present, analyse, and discuss the results of the optimisations carried out with this model on the basis of the empirical data. These results show, in particular, that the economic efficiency of the monitoring activities decreases rapidly as the corresponding budget increases. This suggests that, rather urgently, measures other than monitoring should be initiated to control sea harbour pollution.

Keywords: oil pollution; optimal pollution monitoring; Russian harbours; oil spills; pollution control; marine pollution; environmental pollution.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2001.005191

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2001 Vol.15 No.3, pp.310 - 321

Published online: 09 Sep 2004 *

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