The costs of failure: A preliminary assessment of major energy accidents, 1907-2007

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1802-1820

  Sovacool, Benjamin K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Disasters; Energy accidents; Externalities

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ENERGY ACCIDENTS; ENERGY PRODUCTION; ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES;

ENERGY POLICY;

ACCIDENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISASTER; ENERGY USE;

EID: 40949148536     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.01.040     Document Type: Article

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