The Port System in Addressing Sustainability Issues-A Systematic Review of Research

The aim of this paper is to analyse the main scientific contributions in the field of sustainable seaports, with a particular focus on passenger seaports and passenger seaports' commitment to sustainability. The focus of this analysis is on the methods used to improve and develop a sustainable seaport. A search of the Web of Science Core Collection that addresses this topic consists of scientific articles published from 2012 to 2022. The articles are divided into seven groups by research area (technical/technological, legal, organisational, economic, social, environmental, and other) and five groups by applied methodology (literature review, theoretical approach, qualitative approach/methods, quantitative approach/methods, and other). The results show that most of the papers were published in the field of the environmental impacts of a sustainable seaport and a sustainable passenger seaport. In addition, most papers used quantitative approach/methods.

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This paper aims to analyze the main scientific contributions in the field of sustainable seaports, focusing on passenger seaports and their commitment to sustainability. The results show that most papers address the environmental impacts of sustainable seaports and sustainable passenger seaports, and quantitative methods are commonly used.