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: Received: 4 September 2020 / Approved: 5 September 2020 / Online: 5 September 2020 (05:47:18 CEST)
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Rahman, S.M. A Critical Review of Shipbreaking Literature Reveals Shortcomings in Dimensions Considered for Sustainability. Preprints2020, 2020090121. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202009.0121.v1
Rahman, S.M. A Critical Review of Shipbreaking Literature Reveals Shortcomings in Dimensions Considered for Sustainability. Preprints 2020, 2020090121. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202009.0121.v1
Rahman, S.M. A Critical Review of Shipbreaking Literature Reveals Shortcomings in Dimensions Considered for Sustainability. Preprints2020, 2020090121. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202009.0121.v1
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Rahman, S.M. (2020). A Critical Review of Shipbreaking Literature Reveals Shortcomings in Dimensions Considered for Sustainability. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202009.0121.v1
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Rahman, S.M. 2020 "A Critical Review of Shipbreaking Literature Reveals Shortcomings in Dimensions Considered for Sustainability" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202009.0121.v1
Abstract
The shipbreaking industry is located predominantly in South Asian countries, and dismantles end-of-life ships to meet national steel demand. There are charges that this industry exploits local environmental, economic and social conditions to boost profits. The majority of this previous research often draws from a single disciplinary point of view that ignores or downplays complexities and trade-offs, precluding realistic policy improvement. Here we review 110 shipbreaking papers published in international peer reviewed journals that are indexed in SCOPUS, Science Direct and Google Scholar. We found that to date, shipbreaking research revolves around the coastal contamination of end-of-life ships waste over many other topics, and lacks critical interdisciplinary studies that explain trade-offs between environmental, social and economic factors that would better inform policy formulations for improvement of worker safety and environmental conditions. We propose a Life Cycle Sustainability assessment (LCSA) framework that could incorporate these trade-offs in a single analysis. We hope this review guides future studies towards more comprehensive sustainability measurement of shipbreaking activities.
Keywords
shipbreaking; ship recycling; life cycle sustainability assessment; literature review; sustainability
Subject
Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
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This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
