친환경 항만 구축을 위한 활동이 항만 이미지에 미치는 영향

Abstract

The severe environmental issues generated as undesirable side effect by the fast and steady development, that know several sectors in the industry of our modern world, becomes a major issue that actuate the awareness of most governments and several international organizations around the globe. In the recent years the awareness about the global environmental changes keeps growing and expanding to reach the port sector. Translated by the development of new policies, regulations, and conventions related to the environment protection and preservation. With this increasing emphasis on environmental issues, ports have to respond to ensure that their operations are environmentally sustainable and committed themselves to work towards improved environmental performance through focused actions on several areas such as; air quality, energy conservation and climate change, waste management, noise management, etc. This study includes literature review covering the green port (eco-friendly port) subject, the process and activities to construct green ports and their relationship with other eco-friendly activities, port’s image improvement, and finally an analysis of the relationship associating terminal operators and port users, and comparing their perception of the eco-friendly port and the impact of each port activity on its global image was conducted.