Wrecks and derelicts as hazards

Nature

Pollution of harbour beds and waterways by wrecks and other objects causes anchor losses, hull scrapings and impact damage.

Broader

Hazardous remnants of war

Unidentified submarine objects

Solid waste in the oceans

Marine navigation hazards

Aggravates

Corrosion of ships

Aggravated by

Marine accidents

Dereliction of the built environment

Human destructiveness

Strategy

Adapting underwater wreckage as marine habitats

Value

Hazard

Reference

Kellogg, Sanoma Lee and Kirk, Elizabeth J: Reducing Wastes from Decommissioned Nuclear Submarines in the Russian Northwest

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Sustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Metadata

Database

World problems

Type

(E) Emanations of other problems

Biological classification

N/A

Subject

Societal problems » Hazards
Societal problems » Wreckage

Content quality

Presentable

Language

English

1A4N

E5340

DOCID

11553400

D7NID

162686

Editing link

Official link

https://encyclopedia.uia.org/problem/wrecks-and-derelicts-hazards

Last update

Oct 4, 2020