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

By: Vamanu, Bogdan I [author.].
Contributor(s): Gheorghe, Adrian V [author.] | Katina, Polinpapilinho F [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 31Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016Edition: 1st ed. 2016.Description: XV, 218 p. 50 illus., 16 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319309316.Subject(s): Chemicals—Safety measures | Security systems | Transportation engineering | Traffic engineering | Environmental sciences | Physics | Software engineering | Geographic information systems | Chemical Safety | Security Science and Technology | Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering | Environmental Physics | Software Engineering | Geographical Information SystemAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 660.2804 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
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.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: 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.
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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.

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.

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