Ranking the risks from multiple hazards in a small community

Risk Analysis

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 438-456

  Li, Hua ^a   Apostolakis, George E ^a,b   Gifun, Joseph ^a   VanSchalkwyk, William ^a   Leite, Susan ^a   Barber, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrastructures; Natural hazards; Risk ranking; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTIONS; DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKERS; DELIBERATIVE PROCESS; EXPERT JUDGMENTS; INFORMED DECISIONS; INFRASTRUCTURES; INITIATING EVENTS; INTER-DISCIPLINARY STUDIES; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGIES; MULTI-ATTRIBUTE UTILITY THEORIES; MULTIPLE HAZARDS; NATURAL HAZARDS; PERFORMANCE INDICES; PRE-DISASTER PLANNING; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENTS; RANDOM FAILURES; REAL PROJECTS; RISK RANKING; SEPTEMBER 11; SMALL COMMUNITIES; SYSTEMATIC METHODOLOGIES; TERRORISM;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; HAZARDS; PLANNING; PROGRAMMING THEORY; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENT; DECISION ANALYSIS; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRORISM;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; COMMUNITY; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PLANNING; HAZARD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MULTI ATTRIBUTE UTILITY THEORY; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRORISM;

DATA COLLECTION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 60349131585     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.01164.x     Document Type: Article

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