Consideration of natural hazards in the design and risk management of industrial facilities

Natural Hazards

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 213-227

  Cruz, Ana Maria ^a,b,c   Okada, Norio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical accidents; External events; Industrial design; Industry; Natechs; Natural hazards; Risk management

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MITIGATION; NATURAL DISASTER; NATURAL HAZARD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATE ROLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349115670     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-007-9118-1     Document Type: Review

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