Natural Resource Damage Assessment for Oil Spills
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2018) | Viewed by 4734
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue comprises papers on oil spill natural resource damage assessment, with a special focus on assessing liability for damages under national and/or international law. Assessing damages and associated liability requires a multidisciplinary approach at the nexus of physical fates of spilled substances; the resultant injury and recovery over time; an assessment of market and non-market damages; and an appropriate set of actions to restore and compensate for damages. And this approach must be compatible with the existing legal frameworks established under appropriate statutes, case law and common law. This is a highly challenging process in the best of circumstances. But the process is made even more challenging because it occurs within the context of adversarial process of litigation. This commonly leads to costly and time-consuming delays in compensating public and private parties for damages. New approaches are needed that can expedite compensation for damages and restoration of the environment after spill events.
Papers selected for this Special Issue will be subject to a rigorous peer review process with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments and applications.
Prof. Dr. James J. Opaluch
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- oil spill
- restore and compensate for damages
- natural resource damage assessment
- legal framework
