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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254253403321

Autore

Vamanu Bogdan I

Titolo

Critical Infrastructures: Risk and Vulnerability Assessment in Transportation of Dangerous Goods : Transportation by Road and Rail / / by Bogdan I. Vamanu, Adrian V. Gheorghe, Polinpapilinho F. Katina

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-30931-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, , 1566-0443 ; ; 31

Disciplina

629.042

Soggetti

Chemistry

Quality control

Reliability

Industrial safety

Transportation

Environmental sciences

Software engineering

Geographic information systems

Safety in Chemistry, Dangerous Goods

Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk

Environmental Physics

Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

Geographical Information Systems/Cartography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

From the Contents: Introduction -- Risk Assessment in Hazardous Material Transportation -- Risk Assessment -- Quantitative Probability Assessment of LOC Accident -- Vulnerability Assessment in Hazardous Materials Transportation -- The Vulnerability Issue.

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses a key issue in today’s society: the safer transport of dangerous goods, taking into account people, the environment and economics. In particular, it offers a potential approach to identifying



the issues, developing the models, providing the methods and recommending the tools to address the risks and vulnerabilities involved. We believe this can only be achieved by assessing those risks in a comprehensive, quantifiable and integrated manner. Examining both rail and road transportation, the book is divided into three sections, covering: the mature and accepted (by both academia and practitioners) methodology of risk assessment; the vulnerability assessment – a novel approach proposed as a vital complement to risk; guidance and support to build the tools that make methods and equations to yield: the Decision Support Systems. Throughout the book, the authors do not endeavor to provide THE solution. Instead, the book offers insightful food for thought for students, researchers, practitioners and policymakers alike.