Green Ports and Economic Opportunities

Environmental policy instruments could be of great help to the regional economy if they are implemented in conjunction with proper economic policy options. In other words, the environment could also be an economic opportunity in a more fundamental way, using the several main drivers that could be identified to create economic value from ports. For example, the domain of port industrial development and maritime clusters could be the area in which the environment presents new economic opportunities. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the usefulness of implementing these policy instruments with the conceptual model that is based upon the system dynamics (SD) technique. With this model, a good business case resulting in greening ports will be examined.